Since 1978, India has made vaccination programs to eradicate polio, an infectious disease causing muscle weakness in the legs and resulting in inability to move by the affected person. In 1995, India's latest program Pulse Polio Immunisation was launched, which involved various steps like administering children with oral poliovirus vaccines (OPV) throughout the country on designated days.
India was declared polio-free in March 2014 by the World Health Organization (WHO) after no cases were reported in the previous 3 years.
This blog contains 18 photos shot in Chennai, on the day the nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign for 2019 took place.
Location : Chennai District, Tamil Nadu.
Photos shot in March 2019.
All photos © S Srikant.
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| A child being administered polio drops by a health worker at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| The left little finger of a child being marked after she was vaccinated at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, during Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| The left little finger of a child being marked after she was vaccinated at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai, during Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child (centre) being administered polio drops while another (left) gets his left little finger marked after vaccination, at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Central railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Pudupet Urban Primary Health Centre in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Pudupet Urban Primary Health Centre in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Egmore railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Egmore railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
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| A child being administered polio drops at Chennai Egmore railway station in Chennai, as part of a nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign. |
