All You Need to Know About the Status of Polio on This World Polio Day

October 24, 2018! Today is a new day! We are going to celebrate World Polio Day remembering Jonas Salk on his birthday who developed the first polio vaccine.

But, is the world more secure today from the threat of Poliovirus than it was an age back? Well, the good news is that Polio cases have been controlled by over 99%; which means we are only 1% away from our final goal. Since 1988, when the World Health Assembly propelled the Global Polio Eradication Initiative the case of polio has reduced from anestimated 350,000 cases annually to 1,655 reported in 2008.

After a long run chase, we are currently down to the last inch. The effort from the Global Polio Eradication Initiativehas made it possible to reduce the new cases every year from 350,000 to 22. Twenty two instances may sound small; but it’s not over, till it’s over.

The bad news is that each case speaks to a child who can endure a lifetime of a devastating loss of motion and paralysis, and there are countries like Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan that are still to get a stamp as a Polio-free nation.

Failure to abolish polio entirely could result in as many as new cases each year. So what can we prepare at an individual or group level to support or help to eradicate Polio?

The three primary focuses, and goals are

ü  To organize awareness programs against this giant virus mostly known as an infectious one which affects the spinal cord causing brainstem loss of motion, and paralysis in young kids under five years of age.

ü  To share the campaigning events, and programs as much as possible by using all the forms of media, social website, and communication available at your end.

ü  To ensure that every kid follows a timely manner polio vaccination until we completely wipe out this epidemic virus.

Let us work more on social media and blog post to make our readers aware of several infectious diseases like polio and refine everyone around us towards vaccination against Polio. Happy world polio day.

That’s all about it Polio right now. If you have questions, leave a line in the comments section.