240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health Organization said Friday.
Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the acting WHO chief in Pakistan, said health workers have not been able to immunize children in the North and South Waziristan regions — Taliban strongholds — since July 2012.
Pakistan is one of the few remaining countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio is rampant. As many as 58 cases were reported in Pakistan in 2012, down from 198 in 2011.
She said polio transmission is now concentrated in core endemic areas — central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Federally Administered Tribal Regions or FATA, parts of Karachi, Quetta and nearby Killa Abdullah and Pishin districts in south western Baluchistan province.
Abid said that 15 health workers have been killed in the anti-polio campaign in Pakistan since July 2012. Pakistani militant groups oppose the vaccinations and accuse the workers of spying for Washington.


240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive

 

[Ayush]

they need to reach each and every part of pak..but the security concern is making it difficult..

 

[Sifan]

It's not going to happen any time soon due to Shakeel Afridi case. It won't be easy to gain the trust of tribal areas. A considerable amount of damage has been done by US in this regard.

 

[yampire]

Government should provide awareness through media

 

[Hindustani]

Just because of some retarded mullahs, thousands of children are gonna suffer.

 

[W.11]

pakistani children missed polio dropped but it has shaken every indian internally

 

[Icewolf]

jahill maulvis & mullahs

 

[Ajaxpaul]

pakistani children missed polio dropped but it has shaken every indian internally

After you see your close relatives suffer from Polio, and thinking that it could have been prevented, will shake you.

 

[acetophenol]

I remember,in India,once Amitabh Bachan was attacked by poor iliterate villagers when he came there for a pulse polio camp.

 

[W.11]

After you see your close relatives suffer from Polio, and thinking that it could have been prevented, will shake you.

dont be so close to use, we fear you may stab us in the back, as you do usually

 

[acetophenol]

dont be so close to use, we fear you may stab us in the back, as you do usually

Don't steer this thread in to the university of trollinga.

 

[Da-Bang]

pakistani children missed polio dropped but it has shaken every indian internally

Yes because your children come to India and spread the disease.

Yes to prevent pakistani childrwn from infecting indians we should either ban anybody under 15 from coming or force them to drink polio drops before coming out of airport or train station.

 

[Not Sure]

pakistani children missed polio dropped but it has shaken every indian internally

Not just the Indians, but everyone around the world keeps a close watch on countries where Polio strands reappear.

Do you know why? All the countries have made great efforts to eradicate this problem from their lands, and they do not want it to reappear ever again whenever some Pakistanis/Afghans/Nigerians cross the borders.

While this problem is serious, it is preventable!

Otherwise first it was Polio, then iodine... what's next?

Why not just ignore what others say and focus on how to tackle this problem?

 

[Icewolf]

Yes because your children come to India and spread the disease.

Yes to prevent pakistani childrwn from infecting indians we should either ban anybody under 15 from coming or force them to drink polio drops before coming out of airport or train station.

Who even comes to India anyways?

Why would anyone in the WORLD leave their life to come to a country like India?

No wonder 1 million people run out of India every year, after seeing the attitude from you guys.

You Hindu(stanis) make it seem like India is a superpower.

 

[W.11]

Not just the Indians, but everyone around the world keeps a close watch on countries where Polio strands reappear.

Do you know why? All the countries have made great efforts to eradicate this problem from their lands, and they do not want it to reappear ever again whenever some Pakistanis/Afghans/Nigerians cross the borders.

While this problem is serious, it is preventable!

Otherwise first it was Polio, then iodine... what's next?

Why not just ignore what others say and focus on how to tackle this problem?

i think you should concentrate more on indian aids problem rather than pakistani polio problem, if it reaches other countries then please inform us and not now OK?

deal

Yes because your children come to India and spread the disease.

Yes to prevent pakistani childrwn from infecting indians we should either ban anybody under 15 from coming or force them to drink polio drops before coming out of airport or train station.

yes please ban it, dont comment on our internal affairs from now on ok