Nearly 70 years after the polio vaccine was invented, elimination is close. Two cases of the virus poliomyelitis have been reported worldwide so far this year compared to 140 last year, says the World Health Organisation | Exclusive polio
Two cases of the virus poliomyelitis have been reported worldwide so far this year compared to 140 last year, says the World Health Organisation.the Taliban has announced it will allow mass door-to-door vaccination of children next monthReported first by the ancient Egyptians about 4000 years ago, huge polio outbreaks in the first half of the 20th century terrorised families.
They are also asking the Australian government to increase funding, estimating a $15 million annual contribution would help immunise 11.5 million children.Gillian Thomas, centre, with her brother Richard and her sister Jacqueline. Jacqueline and Gillian both contracted polio in 1950 but Gillian’s case was far more severe, causing paralysis.
“As Australia and the world begin to open up post-COVID, it is worth noting that neither smallpox nor polio has ever reached natural herd immunity,” Ms Meredith said. To achieve total elimination by 2026, though, requires a multibillion-dollar effort to vaccinate 400 million children in 50 countries - an estimated 3.5 million in Afghanistan alone - and surveillance in 70 countries.While there are only two cases, traces of the virus were reported in 63 places, mostly in water, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.Jonas Salk, who was an international hero when he invented the first polio vaccine, has opted not to patent his vaccine.
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