It is with much sorrow that I have to inform all our supporters that Dr Karuna Chelliah, Secretary of Society for the Care of the Handicapped, died suddenly of a heart attack on 29th March 2012. The meaning of Karuna is compassion and Dr Karuna Chelliah lived the meaning of his name and was an […]
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The Union budget for 2007-08 has provided a significant outlay of Rs.1,290 crore for polio eradication and announced a revised immunisation plan, particularly for some districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where the virus persists. This important effort is part of the campaign to eradicate the indigenous wild poliovirus from one of the last […]
It was both a culture shock and a temperature shock to move from the cold of February in Edinburgh to the heat of South India. We had undertaken much planning for our trip – emails back and forth to Dr Chelliah, lots of reading, and long telephone conversations with Kathy – but nothing could have […]
AFTER THE POLIO outbreak of 2002, the sharp drop in the number of cases reported in 2003 all over India is a commendable public health achievement. India is among the last seven remaining nations in the world where polio is still endemic. The majority of polio cases reported worldwide are from India. A reduction from […]