Kohima, April 4 (MExN): Nagaland has officially launched and introduced IPV into routine immunization programme on April 4 by injecting IPV to a number of children by nurses in Naga Hospital, Kohima, in the presence of Dr. Yankho Lotha, Mission Director, NHM, Managing Director NHAK, MS NHAK, State Immunization Officer, District Immunization Officer, partners like UNICEF, RRC representative and other staffs. The districts will also officially introduced IPV into their routine immunization programme in the similar way. The health staffs are all well trained to carry out this activity.
The IPV injection will be given to children below one year of age along with the third dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) at the routine immunization session. IPV and OPV together will further strengthen the children’s Immune system and will proved double protection against polio.
India has achieved a landmark by eradicating polio. The last case of polio was in January 2011 in Howrah, West Bengal and India was certified polio free on March 27. However, the battle against polio is not over yet. There are still cases of polio in some of our neighboring countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Till the time even one case of polio exists in the world, children are at risk of polio.
To ensure that children are doubly protected from Polio, India is introducing the inactivated Polio vaccine (IPV) into the routine immunization programme from November 30, 2015. In the first phase, the IPV injection is being introduced in Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
