One crore children to be vaccinated
About one crore children below the age group of five years, will be vaccinated through 63,766 polio centres to be established across the State.
More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic the World Health Organization announced in a press release March 4.