Before Your Child Gets The Vaccine About the Diseases Polio is a serious disease. It spreads when germs pass from an infected person to the mouths of others.
Vaccination is the best way to protect against polio.
Because most children get the polio vaccine, there are now very few cases of this disease. Before most children were vaccinated, there were thousands of cases of polio. There are two kinds of polio vaccine. OPV or Oral Polio Vaccine is the one most often given to children. It is given by mouth as drops.