India, June 27 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will launch the state's annual Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign on Sunday, reaffirming the government's commitment to protecting children from poliomyelitis and maintaining India's polio-free status.

The campaign will be inaugurated at the Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Secondary School in Palavakkam, Chennai, where children below the age of five will receive oral polio vaccine drops. The initiative is part of the National Pulse Polio Programme aimed at ensuring every eligible child is immunised.

This year, the Tamil Nadu Health Department has set a target of vaccinating 52.91 lakh children through 43,051 immunisation booths established across the state. Vaccination centres have ...