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Cebu PHO falls short of polio vaccination target

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — While Cebu province has remained polio-free, the Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) is asking parents to have their children vaccinated to avoid the dreaded

She expressed worry that only 26,086 of the about 40,000 Cebuano children aged below one-year-old received the anti-polio vaccine between January to June of 2019.

Polio or poliomyelitis is a disease that commonly affects children that are below 15-years-old. It is caused by the polio virus that is contracted through person to person contact or a person’s contact with an infected body fluid or contaminated food.

 

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