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16/02/2018
Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Routine immunization, Social mobilization, Vaccination campaigns, Vaccines

The Two Polio Vaccines

Polio can’t be cured, but it can be prevented. Two important tools help to prevent polio – two safe, effective vaccines. Find out about the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine and their roles in the polio eradication effort.

Animation is also available with subtitles in other languages:  Français | عربي | Urdu | Dari and Pashto | 한국| 日本語で

Watch more in the polio eradication animation series

Reaching Every Last Child
The Polio Surveillance System
Responding to a Polio Outbreak
Vaccine-derived Polioviruses

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