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The document discusses recommending the use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in the Philippines. IPV is given as part of a combination vaccine at several intervals in childhood. While both IPV and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) have helped eliminate polio from most of the world, IPV is safer than OPV as it does not carry the rare risk of the weakened virus in OPV causing complications. For these reasons, the document recommends that the Philippines continue using IPV in its effort to eliminate polio.

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Position Paper?

The document discusses recommending the use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in the Philippines. IPV is given as part of a combination vaccine at several intervals in childhood. While both IPV and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) have helped eliminate polio from most of the world, IPV is safer than OPV as it does not carry the rare risk of the weakened virus in OPV causing complications. For these reasons, the document recommends that the Philippines continue using IPV in its effort to eliminate polio.

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Recommending Inactivated Poliovirus

Vaccine in the Philippines

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is given in a combination vaccine


along with other vaccines. In this case, a child might receive a fifth dose of
IPV. IPV is usually given at the ages 2 months, 4 months, 6-18 months, and
4-6 years. The World Health Organisation recommends all children be fully
vaccinated against polio.
The two vaccines have eliminated polio from most of the world, and
reduced the number of cases reported each year from an estimated 350,000
in 1988 to 33 in 2018. The first successful demonstration of a polio vaccine
was by Hilary Koprowski in 1950, with a live attenuated polio vaccine,
developed a few years later by Jonas Salk, came into use in 1955. Another
OPV was developed by Albert Sabin and came into commercial use in 1961.

Polio vaccine are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis. Polio vaccine


provide the best protection against polio, or poliomyelitis, a crippling and
potentially deadly disease. Polio vaccine has two types. Inactivated
poliovirus given by injection(IPV) and a weakened poliovirus given by
mouth (OPV). Getting th recommended does of the polio vaccine is an
extremely important part of keeping the Philippines polio-free.
Most adults do not need polio vaccine because they were already
vaccinated as children. If the person getting the vaccine has any severe, life-
threatening allergies and if the person getting the vaccine is not feeling well,
they should not get polio vaccine because it can affects in the body. With any
medicine, including vaccines, there is a chance of side effects. There are
usually mild and go away in their own, but serios reaction are also possible.
Some people who get IPV get a sore spot where the shot was given. IPV has
not been known to cause serious problems, and most people not have any
problems with it.

Polio vaccine a vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis. For me, I will


agree in IPV than OPV because IPV is safer than OPV. Oral poliovirus
vaccine (OPV) is a weakened poliovirus given by mouth. Some of the OPV
can cause complications in our body while the IPV is injected and it direct to
its destination. So if your cities nor barangay recommending IPV we should
take it so that Philippines may zero in polio vaccines.

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