The campaign for pulse polio immunisation was taken up plz give short and correct answer
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Over 110 million (mn) children under five years of age were vaccinated against polio over three days in India following the Polio National Immunisation Day (NID) on 31 January 2021.
While 91 mn children were vaccinated at booths on this decade’s first ‘Polio Ravivar’ (Polio Sunday) on 31 January across all states and UTs, over 19 mn were vaccinated during house-to-house vaccination drives over the next two days. The house-to-house mop-up rounds will continue for up to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths.
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Background. The government of India launched the pulse polio immunization (PPI) programme in 1995 with the aim of eradicating poliomyelitis by the end of 2000. Despite this, 733 children with polio were reported in 2009 alone.