-The Indian Express Lucknow: Local clerics in nearly 30 Muslim dominated villages in Sambhal district have given a call from mosques to boycott the Polio immunisation drive to pressure the government into making their villages part of Moradabad district. The clerics have also told villagers to stop sending their children to school, forbidden them from attending political rallies, and banned the entry of politicians into the villages. Any family that disobeys will be...
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Bihar health worker gets UN award for Polio work
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A dedicated woman health worker from rural Bihar has bagged a global UN award for her commitment and dedication in eradicating Polio in India. The UN has conferred the 'UN Frontline Workers Global Leadership Award' on Martha Dodray, an Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (ANM) from Darbhanga district of Bihar. She represented the worldwide Polio frontline workers, whose contribution to the cause of global health has been...
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-Newsclick.in Caste discrimination percolates down to the food plates for Musahar community in Madhepura district of Bihar reports Neha Dixit "The mahant of the Shankar Math told me to stay away from ultra-Left people the day I questioned the Collector about the hunger deaths in my village," recounts Prabhansh Manjhi. Prabhansh is from the Musahaar community in Madhepura district of Bihar. Estimated to be 2.3 million in the country, they are Mahadalits, one...
More »UN award for Polio crusader -Shuchismita Chakraborty
-The Telegraph Patna: For eight years, Martha Dodarai has been walking 20km every day to reach a child for Polio vaccination. Next month, her arduous journey will be recognised by the United Nations Foundation in New York. Dodarai, 43, who grew up in Latehar and works in Darbhanga, will represent frontline Polio workers from around the world when she is feted at the Global Leadership Awards Dinner on November 6. A citation on the...
More »India closes borders against Poliovirus -Sanchita Sharma
-The Hindustan Times Now that India's "Polio-free" status is less than three months away -- the nation's last Polio case of a two-year-old girl in the Panchla block of Howrah, West Bengal, was reported on January 13, 2011 -- the Centre is going the extra mile to stop re-infection. This year, 296 Polio cases were reported till October 16. In 2012, there were 171 in the same period and 223 till December...
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