Global Scale eradication of Polio

Polio largely afects

Kids U5

transmitted orally or

exposure to faeces

can also transmit via a vehicle eg

Food or water

symptoms include

paralysis, muscle stiffness

600,000 killed or paralysed year

before the vaccine

GPEI

global polio eradication initiative

gpei BEGAN IN

1988S

GPEI Supported by

WHO, UNICEF, CDC

Polio eliminated in the

Americas

Uneven uptake of the vaccine bc of

Taliban, murdered health workers

Taliban mUrdered workers in

Afghanistan

2013 onwards

War torn Syria and Iraq

Wars have broken down

hygeine and vaccinations

2020 Polio only present in Afghanistan and Pakistan due to

taliban ban vaccinatons

WHy are taliban antivax

believe it is an AntiMuslim plot

type of disease is polio

very contagious, communicable

by 2000 there were

less than 100 cases of polio 1

1,000 vs 600,000 a year

prior to vaccine