{"id":27980,"date":"2026-06-28T18:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/gumla-polio-drive-to-cover-1-49-l-children-ranchi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T18:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:03:46","slug":"gumla-polio-drive-to-cover-1-49-l-children-ranchi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/gumla-polio-drive-to-cover-1-49-l-children-ranchi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Gumla polio drive to cover 1.49 L children | Ranchi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-47529300,imgsize-110164,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"Gumla polio drive to cover 1.49 L children\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Gumla:<\/span> A three-day \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pulse-polio\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Pulse Polio<\/a>\u2019 immunisation campaign under the \u2018National Immunisation Day\u2019 began across Gumla district on Sunday, targeting 1,49,570 children in the 0-5 age group.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Launched under the National Health Mission and the district health and family welfare department, the drive aims to administer two drops of oral polio vaccine at all designated booths.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Urging healthcare providers to visit every household and ensure that every eligible child is covered, deputy development commissioner (DDC) Animesh Ranjan said, \u201cPeople\u2019s participation has played a crucial role in eliminating polio from the country. However, the responsibility is not yet over. Even one unvaccinated child can pose a challenge to the fight against polio.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Appealing to parents, he said, \u201cLet no child be missed. <!-- -->Let the protective shield remain intact.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Civil surgeon Dr Shambhu Nath Chaudhary said, \u201cPolio is a disease that can only be prevented through timely administration of polio vaccine doses.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>District immunisation officer Dr Sunil Ram said, \u201cA total of 1,198 teams and 119 supervisors have been deployed at 597 booths across the district.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>On June 29 and 30, teams comprising sahiyas, ANMs, and other healthcare personnel will conduct door-to-door visits to vaccinate children.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ranchi\/gumla-polio-drive-to-cover-1-49-l-children\/articleshow\/132051729.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gumla: A three-day \u2018Pulse Polio\u2019 immunisation campaign under the \u2018National Immunisation Day\u2019 began across Gumla district on Sunday, targeting 1,49,570 children in the 0-5 age group.Launched under the National Health Mission and the district health and family welfare department, the drive aims to administer two drops of oral polio vaccine at all designated booths.Urging healthcare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}