Malaysia to join hands with UNICEF for polio vaccination in the Sabah

After very first case of polio was detected in Malaysian state of Sabah, Malaysia’s health authorities on December 15 said y are working with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to bring polio vaccines to state.

On December 6, a three-month-old infant was diagsed with polio after being mitted to hospital with a fever and muscle weakness, first such case since 1992. Even neighbouring nation of Philippines reported its first cases of polio since 1993 in September. two cases were linked as polio strain was similar to one detected in Philippines, said Malaysian authorities said.

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Director-General of Health or Hisham Abdullah said in a statement on Sunday that Malaysia is planning to work with UNICEF, to get vaccine supply at a low cost for an immunization program for n-citizen children in Sabah. 

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Selected n-governmental organizations and Philippines government plan to have UNICEF subsidize cost of vaccines and as well as help minister m.

Fortunately, or cases have been reported so far. Stool samples of people living in vicinity have been sent for furr tests, Husham said. He emphasised on fact that best way to ericate polio is through immunization. Contagious diseases such as polio kw boundaries, he ded.

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Ericating Polio

Polio (Poliomyelitis) is an infectious viral disease that mainly affects young children. According to World Health Organisation, virus is transmitted by person-to-person and it spres mainly through fecal-oral route or by a common vehicle like contaminated water or food and multiplies in intestine. From re, it can inve nervous system and can cause paralysis.

Cases due to wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% since 1988 from 3,50,000 cases to 33 cases in 2018. Polio symptoms include fever, fatigue, heache, vomiting, stiffness in neck, pain in limbs. It can cause paralysis. disease can only be prevented by immunization as it does t have a cure. Currently, Afganistan and Pakistan are only two countries with wild polio circulation.

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In vember this year, as per WHO reports, global leers convened at Reaching Last Mile Forum in Abu Dhabi and committed to ericating polio. y pledged US$ 2.6 billion as part of first phase of funding to implement Global Polio Erication Initiative’s Polio Endgame Strategy 2019-2023.

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