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New Delhi, October 24, 2019:
“October 2019 marks 25 years of Pulse Polio Programme in India, on this momentous occasion let us renew our pledge to reach every single childto save them from Vaccine Preventable Disease (VPDs),” said Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, the pioneer of Pulse polio programme in the country.
Addressing the media on the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Pulse Polio Programme, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that an event is scheduled to be held on 31st October, 2019 at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, Janpath with an expected gathering of around 800-900 delegates.Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harsh Vardhan said that India being declared Polio free in 2014 was a long and momentous journey, “It all began with a single thought that if ballot papers can reach each person, two life saving drops of vaccination too can reach every child”.The success of administering polio vaccination drops to12 lakh children through 4000 ‘polio kendras’ on 2nd October, 1994 in the city of Delhi, led to a countrywide movement and Pulse Polio Program was taken countrywide a year later in 1995
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