CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: A healthier future for mothers and children.

Detailed explanation-2: -This year, the overarching theme of World Polio Day is “World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: A healthier future for mothers and children”. The theme urges the world to acknowledge the progress made in the battle to eradicate polio in children and the work to provide a healthier future for mothers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two cases have been reported to date in 2022, one in Paktika province and a second in Kunar province in the East. The polio programme in Afghanistan has gained and sustained access across the country including nearly 3 million children previously inaccessible for almost four years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis (can’t move parts of the body).

Detailed explanation-5: -Because purple pinkies serve as symbols for polio immunizations, for a donation of $1.00 (the cost of a single immunization), volunteers will color pinkies purple to help raise money for polio eradication.