Santo Domingo. – Every 24 October the <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/world-polio-day-history-global-war-against-poliovirus/" title="World Polio Day History, Global War Against Poliovirus”>World Polio Day, infectious diseases caused by poliomyelitis.
The position is transferred when a person has a direct connection with the virus, usually through contaminated water or food, causing symptoms that may include fever, fatigue, and headache.
When a person affected by the disease does not receive the right treatment, it can cause serious side effects, such as paralysis of the extremities, therefore, experts and organizations such as the Ministry of Public Health (BPA) recommend vaccination to avoid polio.
In the country, inoculation against pathology is completely free and available in vaccination centers spread across the country.
The vaccine is aimed at children under the age of 5 years, so experts urge parents to give their children the biological vaccine.
According to Public Health, the Dominican Republic is one of the countries in the world that are free wild polio, recording its last case in 1985.
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According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 30 years ago polio paralyzed nearly 1,000 children every day in 125 countries around the world, including countries in the Americas.
They indicate that the last case of the pathology in the area was discovered in 1991 in Peru, and in 1994 the entire area was confirmed to be free of wild poliovirus circulation.
However, the international entity insists that the danger still continues, because despite efforts to eliminate it, in some Asian countries children are still permanently paralyzed as a result of its ‘ virus, and that is why they urge people to vaccinate their children.
2024-10-24 16:11:00
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