What is the story of Polio?

The story of Polio cannot be told without the story of Smallpox. Smallpox, also a viral illness, historically spread through populations, leaving scarring, organ damage and death in its wake. It had a name in many languages. In South-Western Nigeria, the disease was deified as Sopona, and victims were often stigmatized.

-Poliomyelitis is an acute communicable disease caused by any 1 of 3 poliovirus serotypes (types 1, 2 or 3).
-Polioviruses are spread by faecal-to oral and oral-to-oral transmission. Where sanitation is poor, as in many regions in developing countries
-Globally, the sustained use of polio vaccines since 1988 has led to an unprecedented drop in the global incidence of poliomyelitis by over 99% and the number of countries with endemic polio from 125 to just 3-Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria.
-Common to these three nations is the incidence of these cases in areas inaccessible to surveillance and vaccination campaigns due to civil unrest.

What to know about Polio?

-Polio is endemic in three countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
-Polio mainly affects children under 5 years.
-One case of polio put other children at risk.
-There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented.
-Polio vaccines can protect a child for life.

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What do vaccines and surveillance have in common?

On the 31st of August, 2017, a multidisciplinary group began a journey to change the story of infectious diseases in Nigeria. Much like many of history’s innovators in the field of medicine, all they had was a tool, a method, and a story.

Their story is of the incredible leverage of technology as a tool to achieve seamless communication to strengthen surveillance across divides and across locations in Nigeria.

In the same spirit of innovation, AlertClinic supports communities with key facts on infectious diseases of concern to the global health community-Polio is one of those on the priority of Lagos State.

AlertClinic recruits Community Informants to participate in disease control. Actually, we are all community informant.

Learn more on how to Detect, Report, Disrupt Polio Transmission [www.play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epidalert.alertclinic]

The 2017 Theme for World Polio Day aims to #endpolio, by reaching every last child. We hope to raise our voices to join the conversation and empower communities, wherever they are, to make a difference. Let us foster a generation of children who will not remember the Polio vaccine.

Source- http://blog.ebolaalert.org/tech-as-a-tool-to-endpolio/

Key facts on Polio- www. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epidalert.alertclinic

Key facts on Polio- www.play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epidalert.alertclinic

Key facts on Polio- www.play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epidalert.alertclinic