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Polio remains a problem in many parts of the World, it cannot be treated but it can be prevented. If Polio isn't eradicated it could spread again and paralyze up to a thousand children a day.
Every penny raised will go towards encouraging the uptake of the Polio vaccine by young children under the age of 5 in Nigeria and prevent the ongoing spread of this disabiling virus. So please dig deep, donate now to help eradicate Polio Worldwide. Polio facts and the aim of CA are detailed below
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**Date: 12th June 2010
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Polio Facts
There is no cure for polio; it can only be prevented through immunisation.
- Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious disease, caused by a virus that invades the nervous system. It can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.
- Poliovirus is spread from person-to-person, faecal oral-contact.
- One in 200 polio infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralyzed, 5 to 10 percent die when their breathing muscles become immobilized. Most people infected with poliovirus have no signs of illness and are never aware that they have been infected. Therefore, people often spread polio unknowingly.
- The World Health Organization considers a single confirmed case of polio paralysis to be evidence of an epidemic. Polio may infect thousands of people before the first case of polio paralysis emerges.
- In developing countries, polio affects more than a person's physical mobility. Lacking funds or access to wheelchairs and crutches, polio victims face a future of poverty and isolation, unable to attend school, support themselves, marry or have a family.
- World Polio Status
- Since the development of vaccines in the 1950s, polio has fast become a disease of the past for many countries worldwide. By the end of 2003 The World Health Organisation declared 3 of its 6 regions polio free; the Americans (1994), the Western Pacific (2000) and the European region (2002).
- The other 3 regions; the Eastern Mediterranean, the Southeast Asia Region and the African Region have not yet been declared polio free for various reasons. To be certified polio free, amongst several criteria, all countries within each region must demonstrate absence of wild Polio transmission for 3 consecutive years.
- This requires immunisation of all children under the age of 5, containment and appropriate management of those who already have the disease and concrete surveillance systems in place to monitor and deal with any emergency outbreaks.
- The commencement of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative since 1988 has resulted in a decrease of polio cases by about 99%. This is a significant number of children who are now walking instead of being paralyzed. However, there has been resistance in certain countries which posed some difficulties in completely eradicating the disease.
- As a result of these difficulties several countries are still reporting new cases of infection to date with 4 countries at the forefront; Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Of these, Nigeria accounted for 80% of all the new cases in 2004 - 2005, re-infecting 8 previously polio free countries by 2008.
- The race to end polio globally is an ongoing one that CA is now one of the many groups who are working to achieve. Polio is not a curable disease but a preventable one thanks to the development of vaccines and the continuing contribution of money and man power to achieve distribution of these vaccines. CA Polio Eradication Initiative CA
- CA Polio Eradication Initiative
- Aims - To do our part in the global efforts to eradicate Polio
CAPEI is the first international outreach project birthed in March 2009 embarked upon by CA Commission. It aims to employ several strategies to aid towards polio eradication primarily in Nigeria over a limited period.
CA Commission hopes to be able to utilise transferrable skills and knowledge gained through CAPEI in the area of ongoing health education in Nigeria and the rest of the world.
By: Educating, Encouraging and Empowering
- 1. Increasing Global awareness of the prevalence of polio in endemic countries including Nigeria.
- 2. Educating the local communities, particularly in the Northern States of Nigeria about polio and their need for adequate immunisation
- 3. Encouraging both local and international participation in the efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) through financial donation and active participation.
- 4. Empowering Nigeria to achieve the strategies set out by the GPEI in order for Africa to be demmed a polio free WHO region.
- 5. Educating, Encouraging and Empowering Nigerian individuals to be responsible for the immunisation and subsequent health of their children.
By CA Commission·
