fight against polio, two drops of life
"Life is not a popularity contest. I learned this lesson long ago. I am not going to stand in any election. I have done things that I feel are very important."
Jonas Salk, who not only said this sentence but also implemented it in his life, made an unforgettable contribution in liberating the entire human race from polio. Polio is a disease which sometimes appears with birth and sometimes after birth, but once it occurs, the entire life of the person becomes dependent on crutches and wheel chair. Although polio has not been completely eradicated yet, there has been an unexpected decline in its numbers all over the world.
According to the World Health Organization, cases of polio virus have reduced by 99.9 percent since 1980. Every year on 24th October World Polio Day celebrated .
On this day of polio vaccination Awareness is spread to explain the importance and in this fight to reduce polio, those countries are supported who are still struggling with polio. Polio has still not been completely eradicated. Our country was declared polio free in the year 2014 and this was possible only because of its effective vaccines.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has always been striving to eradicate polio and is getting closer to this goal every year. The steps taken by WHO to make people aware can help every person in eradicating polio.Polio was once known as an extremely common infectious disease that disrupted the lives of millions of children around the world.
History of World Polio Day
World Polio Day was started by Rotary International on the birthday of Jonas Salk, who led the team that developed the vaccine against polio or poliomyelitis. The disease situation globally is being monitored by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24, his birthday, to refresh the memories of Jones Salk. He was the first person to start the first team that was successful in creating an inactivated polio vaccine.
This day is celebrated all over the world and people from different sections of the society, community organizations play their role in creating awareness about polio and contribute towards its eradication.
Jonas Salk, who created an effective vaccine for polio a World Polio Day is celebrated every year on 24 October to commemorate the birthday of Jonas Salk, an American virologist. Who helped in creating the world's first safe and effective polio vaccine. On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk declared the polio vaccine safe and presented it to the world. At one time this disease had become a big challenge for the whole world and Dr. Salk had given mankind a weapon to fight this deadly disease by inventing a medicine to prevent it.
On the one hand, when there is profit worth crores in front, people definitely want to get it, but there are some people in the world who, while not giving importance to money, kept the welfare of humanity paramount. American medical researcher Jonas Sak created the polio vaccine. But he decided not to patent his discovery, so that it could be available to the common people. He could have made a profit of crores of rupees by getting a patent, but he gave priority to humanity. Dr. Salk Fifth note of musical scale This contribution is incomparable.America on October 28, 1914 Dr. Jonas Salk, born in New York City, was a physician and great researcher. Jonas Salk earned his MD degree in medicine in 1939 and then started working as a physician at Mount Sinai Hospital. Due to his interest in research, the University of Michigan gave him an opportunity to work on a special type of research. After this, he learned the technique of making polio medicine while heading a research lab in Pittsburgh. Ultimately, while working in various medical and research institutions, he succeeded in finding a cure for polio. Salk also worked at the School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, where he learned techniques for making polio medications. Just two years before the polio vaccine discovered by Dr. Salk became available, more than 45 thousand people in America had become victims of polio, but after the discovery of the vaccine, only 910 remained infected with polio by 1962. This discovery of Dr. Salk was first tested on monkeys and then it was used on some polio patients. Its result was positive .The news of this great discovery of Salk spread all over the world. In the year 1955, this polio medicine was declared safe and effective. Today the world is almost free from polio, in which Dr. Salk's contribution is unique.
What is polio
Polio or poliomyelitis is a crippling and fatal disease. This disease is caused by polio virus. This is a fairly common disease that mostly affects young children. This virus, which spreads from person to person, can attack the brain and spinal cord of the infected person, causing the possibility of paralysis.
In case of paralysis, the body cannot be moved and the person may become disabled in hands, legs or any other organ. Vaccination campaigns combined with the efforts of the World Health Organization and the perseverance of governments of various countries saved the world from polio. India has been polio free for the last 7-8 years. However, some cases of disability are reported in some parts of the world.
symptoms of polio
About 72 percent of people infected with polio do not experience any symptoms. About 25 percent of those infected have symptoms such as fever, sore throat, nausea, headache, fatigue and body aches. Some remaining patients may have more serious symptoms of polio, such as the following:-
• Paresthesia is a feeling like pricking of pins and needles in hands and feet. , Meningitis- Brain and Spine bone sheath infection
• Paralysis- reduction or absence of ability to move legs arms and breathing muscles stretch
Invention of polio vaccine
Two types of polio vaccines were invented to combat polio around the world. The first vaccine, developed by Jonas Salk, was first tested in 1952 and was certified and introduced for use worldwide on April 12, 1955. This was a dose of inactivated or dead polio virus. At the same time, an oral vaccine was also developed by Albert Sabin using attenuated polio virus, which began testing in 1957 and was licensed in 1962. The world remembers Dr. Salk's contribution to developing the first vaccine .
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