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NPSN Drawdown: Polio Surveillance Network to Merge with IDSP

4 June 20251 min read
NATIONAL AFFAIRSNPSN Drawdown:Polio SurveillanceNetwork to Mergewith IDSP4 June 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

India and WHO floated winding down the NPSN in stages, and public health experts reacted with worry given global polio risks.

Key facts

  • NPSN: set up by WHO; 200+ field units.
  • Proposal: phased drawdown, absorbed into the IDSP.
  • Government view: not abrupt; critical surveillance continues.

Concerns

  • Polio is resurging globally; neighbours report active cases.
  • A decades-old steady-state system could be destabilised.
  • Polio-free status and preparedness for wild or vaccine-derived virus may be at risk.

Exam angle

  • Established by WHO; to be subsumed into IDSP.
  • India was declared polio-free in 2014.

Test yourself

1. Which programme is proposed to absorb the National Polio Surveillance Network?

The NPSN is proposed to be subsumed into the IDSP.

2. The National Polio Surveillance Network was established by which body?

The notes state NPSN was set up by WHO.

3. In which year was India declared polio-free, with NPSN playing a key role?

NPSN helped India get polio-free certification in 2014.

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