AGARTALA, Feb 21 (TIWN): With an aim to eliminate poliomyelitis (polio) in Tripura, second phase of polio has been administered among the infants at IGM Hospital.

It is to be mentioned here that with the initiatives to eradicate the polio, World Health Assembly has launched the pulse polio immunization programme.

The Government of India began a vaccination program to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio), in the country, by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against the polio virus in the year 1978.

However, children between the age group of 0-5 years were administered by the polio drops every year.

According to the official reports, the first phase of the polio vaccine has been organized on January 17. Besides, during the first phase to provide vaccination to 45, 579 children from 0 – 5 years of age, altogether 461centre has been opened.

It has been mentioned that to make the programme successful altogether 1844 co-ordinators and 92 supervisors has been deployed.

In the year 1995, following the Polio Eradication Initiative of World Health Organization, India launches Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme along with Universal Immunization Program which aimed at 100 percent coverage.

It is to be mentioned here that the last reported case of the wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on January 13, 2011.

However, on March 27 of 2014, WHO declared India a polio free country, since no cases of wild polio has been reported.

According to the official r4eports, in the year 2015 in January it has been mentioned that a total of 259101 booths were set up and altogether 394475 children were vaccinated.

Besides the total numbers of booths in the month of February 2015 were 2, 54, 189 and the total number of children vaccinated were 3, 94, 124.

However, Health and Family Welfare Department had setup booths in all parts of the State so that no children miss the vaccine. The missing children from immunization process will be identified and ASHAs will also mobilize the children to the polio booth.