The pulse polio immunization drive kicked off inAssam with a goal to cover about 48.4 lakh children below five years of age this year, which is around 10% of Assams total Population.
As a part of this drive to cover all 34 districts of Assam, the targeted children will be immunized with the
Early in the day, Mahanta inaugurated the drive in Assam by administering two polio drops to a child at Jakhalabandha primary health centre in central Assam. In Assam, total households to be visited by health care
workers during house-to-house activity during this years pulse polio campaign is estimated to be 62 lakh.