A nationwide subnational pulse polio campaign was carried out on September 2016 in 13 States/UT across the country. Approximately 6.8 crore children were covered through this campaign.
The State/UT wise number of children covered in this polio campaign is given below:
Sr. No.
|
State
|
Number of children covered in September 2016 polio campaign
| |
1
|
Bihar
|
19,503,489
| |
2
|
Chandigarh
|
77,750
| |
3
|
Delhi*
|
6,25,000
| |
4
|
Gujarat
|
620,053
| |
5
|
Haryana
|
2,620,485
| |
6
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
43,572
| |
7
|
Jharkhand
|
440,830
| |
8
|
Maharashtra
|
2,743,648
| |
9
|
Punjab
|
996,479
| |
10
|
Rajasthan
|
2,056,352
| |
11
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
32,951,216
| |
12
|
Uttarakhand
|
1,040,166
| |
13
|
West Bengal
|
4,579,399
| |
Total
|
6,82,98,439
| ||
*September, 2016 Polio campaign in Delhi was conducted from 13th November, 2016 in view of the ongoing Chikungunya outbreak in State. The report is provisional.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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