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What is one disease most children are vaccinated against?
Smallpox and polio. There are several other diseases that are vaccinated against - whooping cough to name just one.
What is one disease most children vaccinated against?
Smallpox and polio. There are several other diseases that are vaccinated against - whooping cough to name just one.
What are you vaccinated with?
You could be vaccinated with medicines that help your body to go against chickenpox, polio or other diseases that could infect your body.
Why are children in the UK still vaccinated against polio?
The reason Polio was eradicated in the UK in the first place was wide-spread and state-sponsored vaccination. If vaccination stops, it opens people to the risk of not only contracting it when travelling, but carrying it back to the UK and spreading it to those who haven't been vaccinated
Treatment of poliomyelitis?
Young children are vaccinated against it in most parts of the world. Once someone gets polio, there is no cure. It causes paralysis of the limbs.
Why should parents give polio drops to their childrens?
All parents should have their children vaccinated for polio. Polio is a devastating disease, and there is no cure, but with the vaccination, it can be prevented.
Why does polio happen in northern Nigeria?
Because there is a population that has not been vaccinated against it. It is a viral disease, spread person to person. Vaccination prevents transmission of the disease.
Do children in th US have to get vaccinated for polio?
Yes, children in the U.S have to get the vaccine for polio. They get it in the first 6 months of life.
Where are the least cases of polio in the world?
The industrialized countries of the world have fewer cases of polio because there are many more vaccinated individuals.
Are there vaccines that are no longer necessary for children because the disease they protect against is extinct?
Children in the United States are no longer vaccinated against smallpox, as that has been eliminated from earth, in the view of the WHO. Children in Europe are, or until recently were, still vaccinated against it. Polio was almost eradicated from earth, but vaccination programs got sloppy in some areas and it is now in a mild resurgence in some parts in the world.
Write a note on pulse polio immunizations programme?
Polio immunization programme is a global campaign whose main aim is to kick polio out of the world. Children under the age of 5 are usually vaccinated every year.
Why do children get vaccinations?
Children are vaccinated against several diseases: polio, smallpox, to name two, in order to create antibodies in their blood. These antibodies will help to fight off any attack in the future by the polio, smallpox viruses. <><><><><><><><><><><><><> To add to the very good answer above- I am an old guy (great grandfather) When I was a child, there were many diseases that you could catch- measles, chicken pox, polio, diphtheria, typhus, smallpox- and each year, children died from those diseases. Being vaccinated against those diseases keeps you from catching those diseases- and that means that children do not die, but live to grow up.
