How Flawed WHO Vaccination Policies Led To Polio Paralysis In India In 1970s

This is how flawed vaccination policies implemented by the WHO in 1970s led to polio paralysis in India.

As per a study by G Mudur titled Flawed immunisation policies in India led to polio paralysis published in the BMJ in 1998:

In accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, India introduced 3 doses per child of oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV) into its immunization program during the late 1970s.

It was hoped that infants would be protected from polio after hav...

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