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The Ministry of Health has stated that no cases of poliomyelitis have been recorded in Palestine since 1988.
According to the official agency, the ministry said in a press release on Tuesday, on the eve of World Polio Day, on 24 October each year that polio was under control, with the Ministry of Health being able to protect the community from this disease and eradicate it.
On the basis of WHO recommendations, the Ministry of Health monitored severe cases of paralysis in children under 15 years of age and took two stool samples from each case registered and examined in Russia, confirming that Palestine was free poliomyelitis.
In 2017, 43 cases of acute mumps were recorded, including 28 in the West Bank and 15 in the Gaza Strip, all polio-free. 46 cases were recorded in 2016, including 30 in the West Bank and 16 in the Gaza Strip, all of which were poliovirus-free.
The ministry explained that it complies with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for poliomyelitis eradication: high immunization coverage, national immunization days, immunization of children in sites at risk, if any, and epidemiological surveillance of acute mumps.
"As long as there will be a child infected with poliovirus, children from all countries will be at risk and the failure of polio eradication in these still infested areas could result in 200,000 new cases in the world, "said WHO. In ten years. "
Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects the nervous system and can cause complete paralysis within a few hours, mainly affecting children under five. The virus is spread by transmission mainly from one person to another by stool, (like water or contaminated food) and multiply in the intestines.
Fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiff neck and pain in the limbs are the symptoms of the primary disease. On the performance of his duties, according to the World Health Organization.
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Sawa Agency
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