Jaipur,On account of World
Polio Day celebrated globally on 24th October each year, Indian
Institute of Health Management and Research, University, Jaipur one of the globally recognized and leading healthcare research
organizations’ shared its views on the development and steps taken by India to
eradicate the epidemic.
Dr.
SD Gupta, President, IIHMR University
said, “It’s been decades that India had put up a fight against the Polio
Epidemic and it’s been three years since the last case was reported. The World
Health Organization declared India ‘Polio-Free’ in 2014 which is
a significant achievement in the history of Public Health. However, till date
Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan still suffer from the Polio Virus. ”
Even
after India being declared free of the wild polio virus, there have been many
cases announcing the rise in Non-Polio acute Flaccid Paralysis within the
country. Dr. Gupta expressed that, “In spite of the World Health Organization
declaring India a Polio- Free of the ‘Wild Type Polio’ virus, the country has
seen an increase in the cases of Non-Polio Paralysis which is a huge cause of
concern. According to a report, in 2004, 12,000 cases of non-polio paralysis
were reported which increased by 2012 to 53,563 cases for a national rate of 12
per 100,000 children. According to the data published by the Ministry of Health
and family Welfare in July 2015, the total number of Non-Polio Acute Flaccid
Paralysis (NPAFP) cases across the country have been about 18,141 out of
which 668 prevail in Rajasthan, 102 in Telangana, 5918 in Uttar Pradesh, 385 in
Karnataka, 865 in Maharashtra, 326 in Delhi, 3 in arunachal Pradesh, 5034 in
Bihar, 339 in Gujarat, 749 in Madhya Pradesh, 144 in Kerala, 63 in Himachal
Pradesh, 974 in West Bengal, 264 in Tamil Nadu, 607 in Odisha, 76 in Jammu and
Kashmir and 180 in Andhra Pradesh.”
In
order to mitigate the risks of the importation of the polio virus from other
countries, India has been taking strong measures with more than 100 vaccination
posts along the international borders of India with Nepal, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan to administer oral polio vaccine drops
throughout the year to all children below five years entering India.
Environmental surveillance through testing of sewage samples for polio is
functioning strategically at Mumbai, Delhi, Bihar, West Bengal and Punjab. India
has also made polio vaccination a mandatory requirement for travellers
irrespective of age coming from and going to polio infected countries.
IIHMR
University is a WHO Collaborating Centre for District and Primary Healthcare in
Rajasthan. IIHMR University offers MBA in Hospital and Health Management with 5
specializations such as Hospital Management, Health Management, Health
Economics, Finance and Insurance, Human Resource Management in Health and
Hospitals, Procurement & Supply Chain Management in Health and Hospitals,
MBA Rural Management and MBA Pharmaceutical Management.
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