1. Kojo Koranteng & Meenal Viz
Poliomyelitis
Kojo Koranteng & Meenal Viz

2. This disease is commonly known as Polio.
It is an acute viral, infectious disease which is spread from person to person
This disease is spread via a process called the fecal-oral route.

3. Fecal-Oral route
Is the transmission of a disease when pathogens found in faeces pass from one host and is introduced into the oral of another host. The germs present in the faeces can be ingested via contamination of water supplies, by poor hand washing between the bathroom and the kitchen, by eating food contaminated by houseflies, or by poor hygiene after handling baby diapers

4. What is Poliomyelitis? The term as we know is greek
The word polios means greys
And myelos we remember to be marrow
And itis is inflammation
Meaning it is the inflammation of the spinal cords grey matter

5. Affected areas
It is seasonal in temperate climates, and highly contagious in summer and autumn.
Polio remains endemic in three countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all countries remain at risk of importation of polio, especially in the ‘poliovirus importation belt’ of countries from west Africa to the Horn of Africa -

6. Paralysis There are different types of polio Paralytic polio
Spinal polio( the most common)
Bulbar polio
Bulbospinal polio

7. Prevention
There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life.
Polio mainly affects children under five years of age.

8. sources http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/polio/DS00572