Polio Vaccine checks

The Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has recommended that all children travelling abroad from Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan be required to show evidence of being vaccinated against polio, as polio remains an endemic in these three countries. 99.9% of polio had been eradicated globally yet the target of full global eradication of polio by the end of the year shall clearly not be achieved. There are calls for more parents to demand that their children be vaccinated against polio, a viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord, as it shall pressurize governments in these countries to offer it more. However, suggestions of not allowing children from these countries to travel abroad without proof of vaccination have been frowned upon in some corners, since although all 50 states in the USA offer the vaccine, there are some possible exemptions to being vaccinated - with an opt out scheme for religious and philosophical reasons - yet there are no restrictions on their travel. The injectable vaccine itself is thought to be very safe, as it only uses the inactive form of the virus. However, there have been cases, albeit extremely rare cases, of vaccine derived polio virus from the live oral polio vaccine, with 34 cases reported this year.Polio is extremely unpleasant and leads to paralysis, breathing problems and even death