POLIO

Awareness & Advocacy of

Polio Vaccination
Author : Syed Mustafa Ali Gillani

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Micro-organisms
PROJECT: POLIO
A viral disease which may
affect the spinal cord causing
muscle weakness and
paralysis.
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Polio : Scientific Name

• Poliomyelitis
• Infantile paralysis

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Polio : Pictures

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 Polio : Symptoms and Pictures
Signs and symptoms, which can last up to 10 days, include:
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Vomiting
• Fatigue
• Back pain or stiffness
• Neck pain or stiffness
• Pain or stiffness in the arms or legs
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases
conditions/polio/symptoms-causes/syc-20376512

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Polio : Symptoms and Pictures

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 Polio : Preventions
Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious
disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and
effective vaccines. The strategy to eradicate polio
is therefore based on preventing infection by
immunizing every child until transmission stops
and the world is polio-free.

http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-
prevention/
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Polio : Diagrams of Preventions

Hygiene
Training &
Education

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 Polio : Can spread through vector, air,
water?

The polio virus usually enters the environment in the feces

of someone who is infected. In areas with poor sanitation,
the virus easily spreads from feces into the water supply, or,
by touch, into food. In addition, because polio is so
contagious, direct contact with a person infected with the
virus can cause polio. 9
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