CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -President of India Mr Ram Nath Kovind had launched the NID Pulse Polio campaign for 2021 by administering polio drops to a child less than five years old at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 30 January 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -The campaign was inaugurated by Collector Manish Singh by administering polio drops to children at Government PC Sethi Hospital on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1995, following the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of the World Health Organization (1988), India launched Pulse Polio immunization program with Universal Immunization Program which aimed at 100% coverage. The last reported cases of wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on 13 January 2011.

Detailed explanation-4: -With the global initiative of eradication of polio in 1988 following World Health Assembly resolution in 1988, Pulse Polio Immunization programme was launched in India in 1995.

Detailed explanation-5: -This year, the overarching theme of World Polio Day is “World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: A healthier future for mothers and children”. The theme urges the world to acknowledge the progress made in the battle to eradicate polio in children and the work to provide a healthier future for mothers.