all about polio!

Polio only affects young children

• True

• False

What are ways polio can be spread

• infected faeces

• contaminated food and water

• blood transmission

• respiratory drops from an infected person

what are the two vaccines created to treat polio

• immune polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine

• infected polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine

• immune polio vaccine and oral polio vaccine

• oral polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine

Inactivated Polio Vaccine was the first successful vaccine.

• True

• False

When did Rotary International start the multi-year project to immunise children in The Philippines?

• 1979

• 1978

• 1976

• 1977

What are the two countries where wild poliovirus transmission continues?

• Nigeria and Kenya

• Pakistan and Uganda

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Algeria and Pakistan

Inactivated Polio Vaccine was created by Dr Albert B. Sabin

• True

• False

What are some current efforts implemented to prevent the spread of Polio to other parts of the world?

• surveillance and monitoring

• government commitment and funding

• vaccination campaigns

• all of the above

Why is polio still a concerning and relevant problem today ?

• public health threat

• evolving into poliorine disease

• global health inequity

• paralysis and disability