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(KPL/Prensa Latina) The second phase of the current 64th bivalent oral polio vaccination campaign continues throughout the country for children who received a dose in the first phas
(KPL/Prensa Latina) The second phase of the current 64th bivalent oral polio vaccination campaign continues throughout the country for children who received a dose in the first phas
This week will be a recovery week for those who were ill or who for other reasons were unable to receive vaccination in the previous period.
During the first phase, scheduled from April 21 to 26, all children over one month old and under three years old were vaccinated with the first dose simultaneously throughout the country.
Polio is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system, mainly in children, and can cause muscle atrophy, paralysis, deformity, and in some cases, death.
Cuba is the first country in Latin America to achieve the elimination of this disease, and in 1995 it received Polio Eradication Certification from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Currently, 11 vaccines against 13 diseases are administered as part of the country’s childhood immunization schedule, eight of which are domestically produced.
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