Pulse Polio

[citation needed] The last reported cases of wild polio in India were in West Bengal and Gujarat on 13 January 2011.

[3] Publicity was extensive and included replacing the national telecoms' authority ringtone with a vaccination day awareness message, posters, TV and cinema spots, parades, rallies, and one-to-one communication from volunteers.

Open defecation, monsoon flooding, and a lack of water treatment made it easier for a child to swallow more polio virus.

People in some areas had had poor and caste-discriminatory treatment by government health authorities, which made them less willing to assist in the vaccination programme.

The absence of any free health services other than polio vaccination and contraception lead to rumours that the drops caused infertility.

It is part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, spearheaded by Rotary International, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[citation needed] Actor Amitabh Bachchan volunteered with the campaign, filming TV and radio spots urging against complacency[4][9] and personally vaccinating children.

[12] A study observing data till the end of 2017 correlates non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) rates with pulse polio frequency in India.