Mar 10, 2025 · Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e.g. contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis.

Apr 2, 2025 · Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life. There are two vaccines available: oral polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine . Both are effective and safe, and both are used in different combinations worldwide, depending on local epidemiological and programmatic circumstances, to ensure the best possible protection to ...

Aug 16, 2020 · Polio vaccine, given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life. The development of effective vaccines to prevent paralytic polio was one of the major medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. There are six different vaccines to stop polio transmission: Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) – protects against poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3

Mar 14, 2018 · The Global Polio Eradication Initiative uses two types of vaccine to stop polio transmission – inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and oral polio vaccine (OPV). If enough people in a community are immunized against polio, the virus will be …

Dec 30, 2024 · Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. The virus is transmitted by person-to-person spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e.g. contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous ...

Sep 14, 2023 · Since 2000, the Western Pacific Region has maintained polio-free status. Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by a poliovirus. It mainly affects children under 5 years of age but also can affect older age groups. Polioviruses are spread by faecal-to-oral and oral-to-oral transmission. Lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation is a major risk factor for transmission.

Feb 19, 2025 · The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine, and 448 425 children between 2- to 10-years-old receiving vitamin A, following the three phases conducted in the last weeks.

Mar 14, 2018 · Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children for life. WHO is a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest private-public partnership for health, which has reduced polio by 99%.

La poliomielitis afecta sobre todo a los menores de 5 años. La atención de la iniciativa de erradicación de la poliomielitis está centrada en las bolsas persistentes de transmisión de la enfermedad existentes en el norte de Nigeria y en la frontera entre el Afganistán y el Pakistán.

Oral polio vaccine was first introduced in 1961 and consists of a mixture of the three live attenuated poliovirus serotypes (Sabin types 1, 2 and 3), selected for their lower neurovirulence and reduced transmissibility. In addition to trivalent OPV (tOPV), which is used in many countries for routine or supplemental vaccination, monovalent OPVs ...