Polio Factsheet: 7 Things You Should Know
| About Polio | Polio is a highly infectious viral disease, which affects children under 0-5 years. |
| How does it spread? | Transmitted by person-to-person, spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, by contaminated water or food. Multiplies in intestine, can also enter the nervous system . |
| Symptoms | Fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness of the neck and pain in the limbs |
| Prevention | By stimulating your child's immune system with Polio vaccinations |
| Types of vaccinatons | -OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) -IPV (Injectable Polio Vaccine) |
| Dosage | -OPV: First dose given to new born baby, then 3 doses of OPV and IPV 4 weeks apart at 6th, 10th and 14th week. -Followed by booster doses of OPV and IPV, at 15th to 18th month & -Booster dose of OPV at 5 years. -And pulse polio doses on every national immunisation day conducted by the government |
| India, polio free | India was declared polio free in March 2014. It is still important for us to take the vaccine till polio is eradicated globally. Still prevalent in: Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan |
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