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Read the following statements and write your answer as true or false.
Pulse polio immunization program was launched in 1995-96 with an aim to irradicate polio disease from the world.
Read the following statements and write your answer as true or false.
Pulse polio immunization program was launched in 1995-96 with an aim to irradicate polio disease from the world.
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Solution
The correct option is A True
- Pulse Polio immunization: The pulse polio immunization effort was started in 1995-1996 with the goal of eradicating polio worldwide. It entails administering polio drops (polio vaccine) to the whole high-risk population (i.e., children under the age of three) across the country on a single day.
- Two vaccine doses are administered 4-6 weeks apart in this scheme. National Immunization Days are predetermined days when pulse polio immunization is to be carried out across the country. The target age group was expanded to include all children under the age of five in 1996-1997.
Final answer: The given statement is True.
- Pulse Polio immunization: The pulse polio immunization effort was started in 1995-1996 with the goal of eradicating polio worldwide. It entails administering polio drops (polio vaccine) to the whole high-risk population (i.e., children under the age of three) across the country on a single day.
- Two vaccine doses are administered 4-6 weeks apart in this scheme. National Immunization Days are predetermined days when pulse polio immunization is to be carried out across the country. The target age group was expanded to include all children under the age of five in 1996-1997.
Final answer: The given statement is True.
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