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How many children got polio in Afghanistan in 2012?
It is estimated the about 500 children got polio in Afghanistan in the year of 2012. More and more children get polio every year. And many people are trying to help the children of Afghanistan.
How many victims of 1944 polio epidemic?
A polio vaccine was invented in 1954. Each year after that, the number of polio cases decreased. By 1974, only 5 cases occurred. These were all people who were linked to the polio vaccine.
How many died of polio in 1949?
50,000 people died of polio.
Are vaccines beneficial for the majority of children?
Indeed, vaccines ARE beneficial for the majority of children. Vaccinations have nearly wiped out many contagious diseases -- unless parents did not vaccinate their children. MMR--measles, mumps, rubella (German measles)-- is one. Small pox another; polio containment a HUGE achievement. Besides deformities, like from polio, and years of medical treatments, many of these contagions resulted in death for babies and young children.
Why was polio vaccine so important?
If you can get all the children of your locality polio vaccinated, there is least liklihood of future generation having contacted polio disease. By this way the impact of polio vaccination is immese. By rigorous polio vaccination drive, India has been declared by WHO as polio free country for two consecutive years.
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.
What was used in an attempt to fight the spread of polio?
Immunizations were formed in an attempt to fight different disease such as polio. In many parts of the world where immunizations are given, polio and other previously deadly diseases are virtually non existent.
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.
How many people did the polio epidemic of 1948 kill?
5000
How many people dies from polio?
Now it is 1 in a million as of 2020. In the early 20th century, polio was one of the most feared diseases in industrialized countries, paralyzing hundreds of thousands of children every year. Soon after the introduction of effective vaccines in the 1950s and 1960s however, polio was brought under control and practically eliminated as a public health problem. More people feared polio than the atomic bomb.
How deadly is polio?
Polio can be lethal, yes, if untreated and there is no medical support. It was primarily active prior to the 1960s. Although it is rare in the U.S. now, children sometimes still get it; it is considered a childhood disease, although disability may be permanent throughout life. If the virus (polio) penetrates your nervous system, and it affects your nerves that control breathing, then the person may die. Many people have survived polio and lived through adulthood, but with impairments. Polio especially affects the lungs and legs. US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was afflicted with childhood polio, and was confined to a wheelchair during his presidency.
How many times do govt give pulse polio in a year?
2
