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Polio: Do you know about the disease?

Polio: Do you know about the disease?

Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus enters the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine. Initial symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck and pain in the limbs. One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralysed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.

Polio eradication: The show must go on

Polio eradication: The show must go on

Once one of the most feared diseases worldwide which was responsible for paralysing many children, polio has been contained to a large extent. There are with only three epidemic regions left in the world Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. India, which only a decade ago accounted for most of the world's cases hasn't reported a new case in the last two years. A joint initiative between the WHO, various governments and multiple private partners, it represents the world's largest and most successful private-public partnership (PPP) initiative. The goal is to obviously eradicate the disease completely like rhinderpest and small pox. For that every last child must get the polio vaccine. Here are some facts about the polio eradication campaign:

Polio: Do you know about the disease?

Polio: Do you know about the disease?

Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. The virus enters the body through the mouth and multiplies in the intestine. Initial symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck and pain in the limbs. One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). Among those paralysed, 5% to 10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.

Polio eradication: The show must go on

Polio eradication: The show must go on

Once one of the most feared diseases worldwide which was responsible for paralysing many children, polio has been contained to a large extent. There are with only three epidemic regions left in the world Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. India, which only a decade ago accounted for most of the world's cases hasn't reported a new case in the last two years. A joint initiative between the WHO, various governments and multiple private partners, it represents the world's largest and most successful private-public partnership (PPP) initiative. The goal is to obviously eradicate the disease completely like rhinderpest and small pox. For that every last child must get the polio vaccine. Here are some facts about the polio eradication campaign:

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