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Dosage and vaccination schedule. One dose = 2 drops (approximately 0.1 ml) In endemic areas or areas at risk of poliovirus importation, according to WHO recommendations. Child: 4 doses approximately 4 weeks apart, at birth then at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age.
9 Ιουλ 2024 · Key points. There is no cure for polio (or poliomyelitis), but it can be prevented with safe and effective vaccination. CDC recommends that children get 4 doses of polio vaccine to protect them against severe polio disease, including paralysis.
The oral polio vaccine (OPV) is safe and extremely effective, and the most common kind of vaccine used in the fight to eradicate polio. There are different types of OPVs that protect against one, a combination of two, or all three different serotypes of polio – types 1, 2, and/or 3.
The vaccine scheduler table summarizes the current vaccination schedule for young children, adolescents, and adults for Poliomyelitis. The data is updated regularly with the most recent official country reporting collected through the WHO/UNICEF joint reporting process.
6 Αυγ 2021 · Polio vaccine can prevent polio. Polio (or poliomyelitis) is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by poliovirus, which can infect a person’s spinal cord, leading to paralysis. Most people infected with poliovirus have no symptoms, and many recover without complications.
The recommended dose for both children and adults is 0.5 mL. It can be administered by the intramuscular or subcutaneous route, using a needle length appropriate for the age and size of the person receiving the vaccine.
On 13 November 2020, type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) became the first vaccine to be authorized for use under the WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) mechanism. The use of nOPV2 is restricted to outbreak response for type 2 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2).
