Anti-polio Vaccination Campaign in Cuba

The first phase of the 51st National Anti-polio Vaccination Campaign to immunize more than half a million children against this disease will begin all across Cuba on March 2.

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According to Granma newspaper, 390,845 children under three years old will receive the first dose of the vaccine (two drops orally) during this one-week first stage. Then, from April 20th through the 27th, they will receive a second dose, while 134,217 nine-year-old children will receive a re-activation dose.

Granma recalls that this vaccine should not be administered to children allergic to any of its components; those suffering from immunodeficiency disorders, or those with high fever, vomits or diarrhea.

Professor Miguel Angel Galindo Sardiña, advisor of the National Immunization Program of the Public Health Ministry, told Granma newspaper that infants should not drink water 30 minutes before or after taking the drops as chlorine does not allow the vaccine to be effective.

Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious viral and infectious disease that affects the central nervous system causing permanent paralysis and even death, mainly in children between five and ten years old.

Before the Triumph of the Revolution, Cuba registered an average rate of 300 cases annually.

Cuba began massive annual campaigns in 1962, and up to the present day the Cuban doctors have applied more than 79 million doses of this vaccine; therefore, the Cuban population under 62 years old is protected against this disease. / Source - AIN

 

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