Removed India from the list of, countries with active endemic wild poliovirus transmission.

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New Delhi December 14,2013:
World Health Organization (WHO) on 24th February, 2012 removed India from the list of,   countries with active endemic wild poliovirus transmission.

The Government is also working to eliminate measles and control Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) by 2020 in association with South-East Asia Region.

 

As per WHO South-East Asia Region, all countries of WHO’s South-East Asia Region are committed to eliminate measles and control rubella/congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2020. The resolution was approved during the Sixty-sixth Regional Committee Meeting. The funds allocated during the period are as follows:

 

Funds allocated/released to States/UTs under Measles Special Immunization Activity

 

Rs. in lakhs

State/UT

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14*

A&N Islands

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Andhra Pradesh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Arunachal Pradesh

2.82

26.75

0.00

0.00

Assam

22.09

704.77

0.00

0.00

Bihar

263.24

896.76

902.39

0.00

Chandigarh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Chhattisgarh

196.99

279.71

0.00

0.00

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Daman & Diu

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Delhi

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Goa

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Gujarat

200.83

166.35

686.51

0.00

Haryana

163.48

350.10

0.00

0.00

Himachal Pradesh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Jammu & Kashmir

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Jharkhand

79.35

564.22

0.00

0.00

Karnataka

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Kerala

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Lakshadweep

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Madhya Pradesh

147.14

585.21

338.16

0.00

Maharashtra

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Manipur

9.74

42.38

0.00

0.00

Meghalaya

5.90

64.05

0.00

0.00

Mizoram

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Nagaland

2.98

34.89

0.00

0.00

Odisha

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Puducherry

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Punjab

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Rajasthan

217.01

170.17

757.76

0.00

Sikkim

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Tamil Nadu

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Tripura

35.02

32.57

0.00

0.00

Uttar Pradesh

0.00

219.49

4099.77

0.00

Uttarakhand

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

West Bengal

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

                *till 10.12.2013

 

 

The AFP (Acute Flaccid Paralysis) linked laboratory supported measles /rubella outbreak surveillance started in 16 states. Eleven measles rubella laboratories have been strengthened for this purpose.

 

This was stated by Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.PIB