India has been taken off the polio endemic list. This short film, uploaded by the Gates Foundation, acknowledges the people in the field who made it possible.
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In a related article, T Jacob John and Vipin M Vashishtha write: "But technically, absence of WPV for 3 years in the face of sustained high quality surveillance is necessary for global acceptance of elimination," Path to Polio Eradication in India: A Major Milestone, wherein they also outline the challenges of maintaining the newly acquired status.
Dear Editor,
The immunity using needle free jet devices is not optimum as is evident in the study in Cuba, the link,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20350164
But IPV given with needle is equally effective as is evident in a study in Philippines, the link,
http://ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712%2811%2900218-9/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2=email&elsca3=1201-9712_201202_16_2&elsca4=infectious_diseases
Randomized controlled study of fractional doses of inactivated polio virus vaccine administered intradermally with a needle in the Philippines
So, we need to explore low cost intradermal IPV with needle and syringe as a viable option, I also think that inclusion of devices would further make the programme costly and inviable.
Thanks,
Omesh Kumar Bharti, Himachal,India
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