#wpd2025

World Polio Day - 24 October 2025 🗓️ 

Polio is a viral disease that mainly affects children under 5. It can cause paralysis within hours. There's no cure - but vaccination prevents it.💉

#WorldPolioDay #WPD2025 #polio #EndPolio #VaccinesWork

• Polio spreads through contact with infected stool (poo) or contaminated food & water 💧

• Early signs include fever, tiredness, headache, vomiting, stiff neck & sore limbs 🤒

• 1 in 200 cases leads to paralysis🧑🏽‍🦽

• Thanks to vaccines, cases have dropped by over 99% since 1988 - but unvaccinated people are still at risk 💔

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/poliomyelitis