World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country",
there was a lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country.
Polio is a highly-infectious viral disease which mainly affects young children and can result in permanent paralysis. There is no cure and it can only be prevented through immunisation.
Cases of polio have decreased by 99 percent since 1988, when polio was endemic in 125 countries and 350,000 cases were recorded worldwide.
Gabon, a country along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, has significant areas of protected parkland.
The first polio vaccine was the inactivated polio vaccine.
It was developed by Jonas Salk and came into use in 1955.
Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio).
There are two types: one that uses inactivated poliovirus and is given by injection (IPV), and one that uses weakened poliovirus and is given by mouth (OPV)
The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin and came into commercial use in 1961
polio vaccine has reduced the number of cases reported each year from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to 37 in 2016
Capital: Libreville
Capital and largest city: Libreville
President – Ali Bongo Ondimba
Currency: Central African CFA franc
there was a lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country.
Polio is a highly-infectious viral disease which mainly affects young children and can result in permanent paralysis. There is no cure and it can only be prevented through immunisation.
Cases of polio have decreased by 99 percent since 1988, when polio was endemic in 125 countries and 350,000 cases were recorded worldwide.
Gabon, a country along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, has significant areas of protected parkland.
The first polio vaccine was the inactivated polio vaccine.
It was developed by Jonas Salk and came into use in 1955.
Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio).
There are two types: one that uses inactivated poliovirus and is given by injection (IPV), and one that uses weakened poliovirus and is given by mouth (OPV)
The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin and came into commercial use in 1961
polio vaccine has reduced the number of cases reported each year from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to 37 in 2016
Capital: Libreville
Capital and largest city: Libreville
President – Ali Bongo Ondimba
Currency: Central African CFA franc
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