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Questions & Answers about Polio


Summary

This pamphlet, published by World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services-Republic of Namibia, forms part of the Namibian response to the outbreak of polio in the country. The pamphlet was distributed in Namibia as part of the government campaign to inform the public about polio and how it is spread.

The document answers the following questions:
  1. What is Polio?
  2. How is Polio Spread?
  3. What is monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 (mOPV1)?
  4. Why has the decision been made to use mOPV1?
  5. What advantages does mOPV1 have over trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV)?
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Publisher

World Health Organization/ Ministry of Health and Social Services-Republic of Namibia

Number of Pages

2

Languages

English

Contact

World Health Organization Representative for Namibia

Sanlam Centre

5th Floor

Independence Avenue

PO Box 3444

Windhoek NAMIBIA

Tel: +264 61 204 6306/2046202

mandlhatec@na.afro.who.int

WHO website.

Source

E-mail sent by Dr. Custodia Mandlhate on July 19 2006.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site July 25 2006
Last Updated July 25 2006


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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2006-07-26 02:42.

wonderfull and you all may know that questions and responses about diseases helps people to know more about their ouwn health
many thanks

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