https://padlet.com/laroyamelanieshane/jcz9pwnhsjepbzzh Module 13 NCM 0112 RLE en-us 2021-11-09 06:03:49 UTC 2023-09-27 19:10:30 UTC hello@padlet.com laroyamelanieshane https://padlet.com/laroyamelanieshane/jcz9pwnhsjepbzzh/wish/1877401985 There are two vaccines for polio: the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). OPV is taken orally as drops and can be easily administered. While IPV is given through an injection by a trained health worker. 

It is important to obtain both IPV and OPV because each cause a different kind of immune reaction, and together strengthen a child’s protection. Using both vaccines together provides the best form of protection from polio. The additional dose of IPV will help protect a child against polio disease even more – and will give a child the benefits of both vaccines. 

Polio is a serious threat to the health of the children in your community. The use of IPV and OPV together provides strong protection against polio and moves us closer to the goal of polio eradication. By providing reassurance and answering caregiver questions, health workers can make sure that children are protected from polio. 

]]> 2021-11-09 06:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/laroyamelanieshane/jcz9pwnhsjepbzzh/wish/1877401985 laroyamelanieshane https://padlet.com/laroyamelanieshane/jcz9pwnhsjepbzzh/wish/1877437713 Tetanus is a life threatening disease for which there is no cure, but it is easily preventable with the tetanus vaccine. One can get infected with the disease when tetanus bacteria, which are common in soil and dust, enter the body through an open wound.

It is essential for a pregnant woman to get tetanus vaccine because, as a pregnant woman receives a tetanus vaccine, her body makes antibodies that fight against the tetanus bacteria and prevent the disease from developing. These antibodies are passed on to her growing baby when she gets the vaccine in pregnancy so that the baby is also protected from the disease for the first few months of her life until she gets her first tetanus vaccine, usually at the age of six to eight weeks, as part of the DTP vaccine.

Similarly, it is essential for a child to get tetanus vaccine as this protects a child from tetanus, which can be a serious disease, as well as diphtheria and whooping cough (pertussis), protects a child from painful muscle stiffness from tetanus, and keeps a child from missing school or child care. ]]> 2021-11-09 06:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/laroyamelanieshane/jcz9pwnhsjepbzzh/wish/1877437713