Social & Preventive Medicine NPEP, NHM 6c15ea80

Pulse Polio Immunization is administration of OPV to:-

All children between 0-5 years of age on a single day, irrespective of their previous immunization status

Children in the age group of 0-1 year only who have not been immunized earlier

Children in the age group of 12-24 months only, as the booster dose

All children between 0-5 years of age, whenever there is an outbreak of poliomyelitis

High-Yield Explanation

Pulse polio immunization programme in India:- Launched in India: 1995-96. First PPI targeted children <3 years age. Later on WHO recommended age group be 0-5 years. Meaning of 'pulse': sudden, simultaneous mass administration of oral polio vaccine on a single day to 'all children of 0-5 years age'. Irrespective of their previous immunization status. PPI replaces wild virus with vaccine virus from the community. PPI is over and above routine immunization.

Pulse Polio Immunization is administration of OPV to:-

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