Number of confirmed polio cases was 741 in year 2009, which declined to
42 and 1 in years 2010 and 2011 respectively. It is indeed a great
achievement and needs meticulous planning of strategy for the final
eradication of polio. Current recommendation by IAP is to administer two
doses of IPV to OPV primed children. I seek following clarifications
from the experts so that we may be able to implement the recommendation
properly.
How many doses of OPV ‘prime up’ a child? Does
administration of that specific number of doses of OPV primes up every
child? These specific information are necessary so that we can know
those children who would need two doses of IPV and also the children who
would need three or more doses of IPV in spite of taking some doses of
OPV.
