Polio is a crippling disease, having no cure but completely preventable, which can bring on muscle weakness in the legs, arms, neck and can have detrimental effect on, and in particular, a child’s ability to breath. The sight of the iron lung was a common sight in the 1950s in hospital wards, however thankfully now Polio is limited to a handful of countries and Polio efforts are now reaching previously inaccessible children, which opens the door to them benefiting from other global health and development resources.

24th October 2016 marks the annual Polio awareness day help eradicate this disease and the lesser known Post Polio Syndrome.