Status of poliomyelitis--1996 after "pulse polio immunization programme" sentinel center experience.

Status of poliomyelitis after pulse polio immunization.

I read with interest the recent publication(1) on this subject. Since Kalawati Saran Childrens Hospital is a sentinel centre for surveillance of Poliomyelitis, covering the states of Delhi, UP, MP and HP, the figures are reliable and informative. It is heartening to note that the occurrence of poliomyelitis in these states has reduced to 369 cases in 1996 from 1062 cases in 1994. Does this figu...

Paralytic poliomyelitis (1989-1994): report from a sentinel center.

OBJECTIVE To study the trends of paralytic poliomyelitis in pre Pulse Polio Immunization period. SETTING Hospital based sentinel surveillance. METHODS Analysis of 6704 line-listed poliomyelitis cases from January 1989 to December 1994 attending the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. RESULTS 85% of all cases reported in Delhi were from this center. A decline in alternate y...

Thirty year trend (1967-1996) in prevalence of poliomyelitis and vaccine coverage in Ballabgarh, Haryana, India.

India is committed to eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000. However, India still reported about 58% of all polio cases documented globally in 1995. India has adopted the World Health Organisation’s recommended strategy of National Immunization Days (that is, Pulse Polio Immunization) from the year 1995. Oral polio vaccine (OPV) was introduced at national level in 1985. However, no comm...

The expanded programme in immunization against measles and poliomyelitis, Iran's Experience.

Adapting Nepal’s polio eradication programme

PROBLEM Many countries have weak disease surveillance and immunization systems. The elimination of polio creates an opportunity to use staff and assets from the polio eradication programme to control other vaccine-preventable diseases and improve disease surveillance and immunization systems. APPROACH In 2003, the active surveillance system of Nepal's polio eradication programme began to repo...