Question

Pulse polio immunization campaign was set up by the government of India in the year____________.
A) 1992
B) 1993
C) 1994
D) 1995

Answer 1

An extremely high level of surveillance is maintained across the country for preventing the spread of poliovirus. Polio immunization campaigns were established to eradicate polio in India. During this time, the first phase of polio vaccination was performed.

Complete step by step answer: In 1988, India committed to the resolution passed by the world health assembly for global polio eradication. In 1994, India launched the pulse polio immunization program which is also known as national immunization day (NID). It is conducted twice a year. Over several years, additional multiple rounds of sub-national immunization day (SNID) have been conducted. Several campaigns were conducted, in which children belonging to the age group of 0-5 are administered with the polio drops. During each NID, about 170 million children were immunized and about 77 million were immunized by the SNID. Since 1997, the laboratory network has helped in the surveillance for the detection of poliovirus transmission through the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). Oral polio drops were provided to the children less than the five years of age in the routine immunization program. The government of India maintained immunity throughout India by high quality national and subnational polio rounds each year.
Hence, the correct answer is option is C.

Note: The pulse polio vaccine was initiated in India with the objective to achieve a hundred per cent coverage. It was started to immunize children through improvised social mobilization. The government of India launched several guidelines for effective and mandatory immunization of polio vaccine.