Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) -World Health Summit2022

Question 1

____ is a crippling and potentially deadly viral infectious disease that affects the nervous system.

Answer 1

Polio

Question 2

There are ____ individual and immunologically distinct wild poliovirus strains

Answer 2

Three

Question 3

____ goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.

Answer 3

GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE

Question 4

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with ____ core partners

Answer 4

Six
* World Health Organization (WHO),
* Rotary International,
* the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
* the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
* the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi,
* the Vaccine Alliance

Question 5

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in

Answer 5

1988

Question 6

World Polio Day

Answer 6

24 october

Question 7

____ was started with an objective of achieving 100% coverage under Oral Polio Vaccine.

Answer 7

Pulse Polio Immunization Programme

1994-95

Question 8

India was declared Polio free in

Answer 8

2014

Question 9

WHO on____ removed India from the list of countries with active endemic wild poliovirus transmission

Answer 9

24th February 2012

Question 10

It was a nationwide immunisation drive to mark the 25 years of Pulse polio programme (2019-20)

Answer 10

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0

Question 11

____ is a program to : Rapidly increasing immunization coverage , Improving the quality of services , Establishing a reliable cold chain system to the health facility level , Introducing a district-wise system for monitoring of performance , Achieving self-sufficiency in vaccine production.

Answer 11

Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)

was launched in 1985

with the modification to ‘Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI)

Question 12

It is given orally as a birth dose for institutional deliveries, then primary three doses at 6, 10 & 14 weeks and one booster dose at 16-24 months of age.

Answer 12

OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine)

Question 13

It is introduced as an additional dose along with the 3rd dose of DPT(Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine) under the universal immunization programme (UIP).

Answer 13

Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)

Question 14

Wild Polio Virus type 1 (WPV1) remains in circulation in just two countries namely,

Answer 14

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Question 15

World Polio Day was established by

Answer 15

Rotary International

on birth of Jonas Salk, who developed vaccine for Poliomyelitis