Govt of India Launched Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in India as part of its commitment to the “Global Polio Endgame Strategy”.
First Phase
- introduction of vaccine in six states, viz Assam, Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
- IPV injection will be given to children below one year of age along with the third dose of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) at the routine immunization sessions free of cost.
Advantages
- IPV and OPV together will further strengthen the children’s immune system and will provide double protection against polio.
- Its benefits will be added in the Mission Indradanush achievements.
Types of Polio Vaccine
1. Oral Polio Vaccine
2. Inactivated Polio vaccine: a. Also called the “Salk vaccine” as developed by Dr Jonas Salk. It consists of inactivated (killed) poliovirus strains of all three poliovirus types.
Advantages:As IPV is not a 'live' vaccine, it carries no risk of vaccine-associated polio paralysis and it triggers an excellent protective immune response in most people.
Mission Indradhanush
Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW)
Objective: to ensure that all children under the age of two years as well as pregnant women are fully immunized with seven vaccine preventable diseases.
Those 7 diseases are:
1. Diphtheria
2. Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
3. Tetanus
4. Tuberculosis
5. Polio
6. Hepatitis B
7. Measles.