Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. Polio can be prevented through immunization. The strategy to eradicate polio is based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
On this occasion of world polio day, the current article describes 7 unknown facts about polio eradication stated by world health organization. Polio was once a life-threatening disease worldwide, striking suddenly and paralyzing mainly children for life. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest private-public partnership for health, has reduced polio by 99%. Thus, there is a need for doctors to know about the following facts regarding polio and its eradication: Polio continues to affect children While polio is a distant memory in most of the world, the disease still…
