POLIOMYELITIS (HEINE-MEDIN DISEASE), STILL A CURRENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, DESPITE THE DETERMINATION TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL PROGRAM TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE IN THE WORLD
Keywords:
poliomyelitis, polio eradication program, elimination.Abstract
Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland Abstract. After more than 30 years of campaigning, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has been repeatedly criticized for failing to eradicate polio. Some critics have even called for a return to polio control strategies. However, control does not appear to be a sufficient solution as long as the disease remains endemic in any country. Currently, countries classified as endemic to poliomyelitis still include, inter alia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In addition, apart from the presence of wild polio strain (WPV1), cases of paralytic poliomyelitis caused by reverted strains (WPV1, VDPV2, VDPV3) are also reported or these strains are detected in environmental surveillance in Asia and Africa. The purpose of these considerations is to show that despite compulsory vaccinations and significant successes in this field, there are still new cases of disease. The return of large-scale polio is still real, and not in the long run - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, programs related to the fight against Heine-Medin disease have been suspended in many countries, including those where the disease has taken the greatest toll so far.
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