Question

• Have you read or heard anything about polio? Where?

• Have you read or heard any news about ‘pulse polio’? What?

• Do you know of anyone who has pulse polio?

Answer 1

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  Yes, I have read something about polio.

  Polio is a disease caused by virus. Infected person suffer limb deformation and may lose their ability to walk properly. I have seen a poster with a picture and some text on the wall of a hospital.

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  Yes, I have seen a television advertisement about the ‘pulse polio’ programme. It is an immunization campaign that was started in the year 1995. It aims to eradicate polio from the country. In this campaign, every child below the age of 5 years is given two doses of oral polio vaccine.

• Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one’s own experience. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.