Inactivated Polio Vaccine: A new tool in the fight against polio disease
Author yuvamind
New Delhi: With the introduction of injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine last November, India reached another milestone in the fight against the highly contagious disease.
In 2014, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared India as a polio-free nation. India had reported no polio cases from 2011 to 2014.
Starting April 25, 2016, the government of India included IPV in the vaccination programme, along with oral polio vaccine to give children double protection against the infectious disease.
First of all we will want to know about the IPV and the reason of IPV using in the polio disease
IPV: IPV is an injectable form of polio vaccine which can be administered alone with other vaccines like OPV , diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenza.
Contraindications for IPV-
There are two contraindications for IPV:
If anyone has a history of an allergic reaction
If any infants with known allergy to streptomycin, neomycin, or polymyxin B because they all are inactive components for IPV
IPV is safe for premature infants.
IPV can be safely administered to children with immune deficiencies. In fact, because of the elevated risk of vaccine-associated paralytic polio after the use of OPV in patients with immune deficiencies, IPV is universally recommended in these children.