The Union health ministry launched this year’s Pulse Polio Programme.
About:
Polio or poliomyelitis is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children.
The virus is transmitted by person-to-person, spread mainly through the faecal-oral route or, less frequently, by a common vehicle (e.g. contaminated water or food) and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system and can cause paralysis.
Initial symptoms of polio include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiffness in the neck, and pain in the limbs. In a small proportion of cases, the disease causes paralysis, which is often permanent.
There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented by immunization.
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