Polio

It is disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person's spinal cord, causing paralysis.

• Fever
• Sore throat
• Nausea
• Headache
• Stomach Pain
• Tiredness

It is recommended that children get 4 doses of polio vaccine to protect against polio as part of the series of routine childhood vaccines.

• 2 months old
• 4-6 months old
• 6 through 18 months old
• 5 through 6 years old

• Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV): It is given orally in the form of drops
• Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV): it is given as an injection in the leg or arm

Two doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) are 90% effective or more against paralytic polio.

Three doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) are 99% to 100% effective.