The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been deferred till further notice by the Centre citing unforeseen activities . The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, wasscheduled for January 17 across India. TheUnion Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January9 This is to inform that due to unforeseenactivities, it is decided to postpone the scheduledPolio NID (National Immunisation Day) round from January 17, 2021 till further notice, according to the letter sent to the Principal Secretary in the Health department of all states.
India Defers Polio Immunisation Programme Due To Unforeseen Activities
The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, was scheduled for January 17 AP Photo/Bikas Das Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-13T11:48:04+05:30 India Defers Polio Immunisation Programme Due To Unforeseen Activities outlookindia.com 2021-01-13T12:22:19+05:30
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The national immunisation programme against polio has been deferred till further notice by the Centre, due to unforeseen activities , the Union Health Ministry said in a letter on January 9.
The programme administers polio drops to children in the age group of 0-5 years. India launched the Pulse Polio immunisation programme in 1995. The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India.
Union Health Min to review TN vaccination preparedness
January 07, 2021
As the country prepares for the Covid-19 vaccine roll out, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan will visit Tamil Nadu on Friday to review the State’s preparedness and oversee the vaccine dry run exercise at the scheduled sites.
A massive countrywide mock drill for the Covid-19 vaccination is being conducted on Friday in 736 districts across 33 States/UTs.
The Union Minister will visit the sessions site at the Government General Hospital and the Government Omandurar Hospital in Chennai. In the afternoon he will visit the private vaccination centre in Apollo Hospital after a brief visit to the General Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Periamet. This is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities, the other three are at Mumbai, Kolkata and Karnal.
Medicine is a noble and stressful profession, Harsh Vardhan tells MBBS students ANI | Updated: Dec 21, 2020 19:54 IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Medicine is a noble and stressful profession, said Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan in his virtual address to MBBS students at Rajkot district of Gujarat on Monday.
Inaugurating the academic session 2020-21 of the first batch of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students in AIIMS in the district, the Union Minster appreciated the students for choosing medicine as a profession. Medicine is a noble and stressful profession. The young and bright minds who have chosen the profession of a doctor are worthy of appreciation, he said while addressing the event virtually.