1000 children fail to get polio dose

Farrukhabad (U.P.): Jan 01, 2010

Despite a huge sum being spent on polio eradication drive, there are about 1000 children in the district who could not be administered the dose this year following stiff resistance from their parents, a senior official said. “All efforts are made to ensure that every child below the age of five is covered in Pulse Polio Campaign. Yet there are around 1000 children in the district who could not be administered the dose this year due to resistance from their parents,” incharge of the Pulse Polio drive and deputy CMO, Dr. Rajveer, said.

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