Similar to the 4-year-old girl in Datu Piang, the latest case did not receive any OPV dose and contracted the Type 2 strain of the vaccine-derived polio virus.While polio, which is transmitted through the fecal-oral route, is incurable, vaccination can provide protection against infection.
To be fully protected, children should receive three separate OPV doses—one each at 6, 10 and 14 weeks old. A single shot of the inactivated polio vaccine is given at the same time as the third OPV dose.Health officials earlier said that the polio outbreak was due to such factors as low immunization rate, poor sanitation and personal hygiene, and dismal surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis cases.
The World Health Organization defines AFP as the sudden onset of paralysis or weakness in any part of the body of a child below 15 years old. Looking for and detecting these cases is crucial, even for countries where there are no polio cases, as part of the global strategy to eradicate the debilitating disease.Ideally, the AFP reporting rate should be 1 per 100,000 children under 15.
Last month, the DOH launched a supplemental OPV drive for children under 5 in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Davao del Sur and in the cities of Davao and Marawi. Communities must achieve an immunization coverage rate of at least 95 percent to prevent polio from spreading.In Mindanao, Davao City recorded the highest coverage with 188,675 children vaccinated, surpassing the DOH target by 1 percent.
Given that thousands of families were now housed in emergency shelters due to the earthquakes that struck Mindanao last month, Domingo said they were working with local authorities in distributing toiletry kits and ensuring that sanitation and hygiene at the evacuation sites were up to standard to reduce the likelihood of any disease outbreak.
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