No polio virus found in Peshawar while in Lahore Karachi.. Slap on Saad Rafique

[mr42O]

PMLN making a national issue into politics But yet again they failed while Imran Khan personally leading polio scheme...

 

[Shahmir]

A very dirty way of doing politics by PTI bhands, they dont know politics means to serve the people not to bitch fight with others all the time

 

[Old Navigator]

Glad to see Peshawar has been declared as free from polio and polio virus found in Karachi and Lahore..

Polio virus found in Karachi, Lahore sewage water - thenews.com.pk

Polio virus found in Lahore, Karachi sewers – The Express Tribune

 

[Marwat Khan Lodhi]

@Nuri Natt, @LoveIcon, @Luftwaffe

 

[dawn_news]

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Glad to see Peshawar has been declared as free from polio and polio virus found in Karachi and Lahore..

Polio virus found in Karachi, Lahore sewage water - thenews.com.pk

Polio virus found in Lahore, Karachi sewers – The Express Tribune

hahahahahah

declared polio free.

In today news

2 new cases today, one in Karachi and one in North Waziristan. In both cases origin is the same in FATA. Only Punjab, GB, AJK and Balochistan are polio free this year.

Alarm bells: Two polio cases emerge in Karachi, Miramshah – The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD / KARACHI:
Pakistan’s reported polio cases for the year climbed to 61 on Monday, as two fresh samples collected from children in Karachi and North Waziristan Agency were confirmed as poliovirus type 1.

The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, identified the latest patients as 18-month-old Hifsa of Karachi’s Gadap Town and 14-month-old Shakila Naz of Miramshah, who received no vaccination against the crippling virus.

“We aren’t sure if Hifsa was ever administered polio drops,” an official of the Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) told The Express Tribune on condition of anonymity.

He said that while they had received reports that the toddler has been immunised, EPI was unable to confirm this. “The parents are not sharing the data of polio vaccination. We have to collect more information to verify these reports,” the official said.

The new reports put 2014’s total polio cases from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) at 47, with the total from Karachi to five.

Impenetrable Gadap

The surfacing of new polio cases in Karachi and Miramshah indicate the failure of vaccination teams to conduct successful campaigns in both areas. But while the military is turning the wheels of an awareness drive in the restive tribal areas of the country, certain areas of Gadap are becoming increasingly inaccessible for vaccinators.

Out of the five cases reported in Sindh this year, three have emerged from a part of Gadap Town which fearful polio workers describe as a ‘tribal village’; there are fewer women on the narrow streets, but sufficient mosques for the small population of Pakhtun settlers that dominate the locality, as well as frequenters from two Afghan settlements nearby.

A top official of EPI revealed that the Sindh government is unable to initiate a polio awareness campaign in volatile pockets of Karachi, and that Gadap especially is considered inaccessible.

“Gadap is Sindh’s Waziristan,” the official admitted, requesting anonymity. “It is very difficult to launch polio campaigns there in full swing or start a polio awareness drive there,” he added.

He blamed the ‘religious mindset’ of workers as well as the presence of members of banned outfits for the failure to conduct successful campaigns. “We launch a weekly drive with utmost care. It is very risky.”

Another official disclosed that seven to eight cases were expected this year. “We don’t expect more cases after June,” the official said, adding that the cases surface from localities where parents refuse polio drops for minors.

A senior official linked to the Prime Minister’s Polio Cell in Islamabad said that besides Fata, the five other areas that have become ‘problematic for Pakistan’ include Gadap, Baldia Town and Orangi in Karachi and Banu and Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

While the high refusal rate is a major stumbling black for a polio-free Gadap, the law and order situation and presence of criminals is another hindrance which deters workers from visiting each house in the area.

“The polio teams miss some streets. We can’t force them to visit every house. It is their responsibility not ours,” a police official from Karachi told The Express Tribune during a vaccination drive that took place on May 4.

“They can’t do it just for the measly Rs250 a day,” a doctor said. “The drive needs mature, competent and committed volunteers.”

The doctor highlighted that yet another challenge for workers crisscrossing through these sensitive areas is their lack of knowledge of the vicinity. “[For this reason], they don’t complete their tasks. We receive a report that they completed their work within two to four hours – residents are being cheated by polio workers,” he added.

It is also learnt that 80 per cent of the polio workers in the city are operating without security, despite fatal attacks on vaccination teams. One polio worker said that when families refuse vaccination, the vaccinators are afraid to insist for fear of a backlash.

“Even the children who are given polio drops in Gadap are at risk as they are living side by side with families who refuse vaccination,” a senior polio worker said. “Migration and population movement is a major reason [behind the spread] but we lack a concrete policy. We also lack a policy of punishment for parents who refuse vaccination,” the worker added.

A high-level meeting of the city’s health officials with top officials of the polio programme and the Sindh health minister is expected to discuss the alarming incidence of cases within 48 hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2014.

 

[Sugarcane]

@Nuri Natt, @LoveIcon, @Luftwaffe

Let's ignore that majority of kids whose future is becoming dark are Pashtuns and start celebrating result of random gutter sample.

 

[I FLY HIGH]

No polio case is there in Punjab and lots of polio cases in kpk , but we are happy that the sample was clear.

 

[he-man]

no place can be declared polio free overnight,i don't know about pakistan but in india the range was 3 years without a single case.
our last case was in 2010 and as a result india eas declared polio free in 2013.

whats the criterion in pakistan??

 

[Pandora]

It is just matter of awareness. People who are concerned about their children don't wait for polio teams to arrive at their door steps but rather go to health centres by themselves. Peshawar was never the issue most children are getting infected with polio in fata region.

 

[Dubious]

A very dirty way of doing politics by PTI bhands, they dont know politics means to serve the people not to bitch fight with others all the time

Well apparently no one stood up to the bitches hence it seems like a bitch fight...I would side each politician been given repeated bitch slaps!

 

[ziaulislam]

real mess is in waristan. i.e FATA which is under federal government , most of the politicians even dont know that FATA is under fedral government.
fedral government is sleeping when it comes to FATA.
uptill now punjab thought it was isolated from FATA but it isnt.
so its time to get your act together and use force when it comes to polio, all responsiblity lies with fedral goveremtn now. its risk millions of people by doing nothing. i dont think so it would take time to convince taliban and ulema to get polio done(well ask Saudis to ban us from HAJJ that would do the trick ) but honestly fedral govt agenda doesnt even has polio on it.

 

[Old Navigator]

hahahahahah

declared polio free.

In today news

2 new cases today, one in Karachi and one in North Waziristan. In both cases origin is the same in FATA. Only Punjab, GB, AJK and Balochistan are polio free this year.

Alarm bells: Two polio cases emerge in Karachi, Miramshah – The Express Tribune

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Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2014.

You have misrepresent my post, which I again post here for your convenience:

Glad to see Peshawar has been declared as free from polio and polio virus found in Karachi and Lahore..

Polio virus found in Karachi, Lahore sewage water - thenews.com.pk

Polio virus found in Lahore, Karachi sewers – The Express Tribune

You have erred to assume that FATA = KPK, or something like Peshawar = FATA
Peshawar is not FATA or Waziristan. Needless to say, it is already mentioned that only Peshawar has been declared as polio free not KPK.

Again it is irrelevant but FATA is actually a responsibility of the Federal Government

Again it is irrelevant but Waziristan is the largest agency of the FATA.

I do hope, this clarifies some misconception.

 

[Shahmir]

You have misrepresent my post, which I again post here for your convenience:



You have erred to assume that FATA = KPK, or something like Peshawar = FATA
Peshawar is not FATA or Waziristan. Needless to say, it is already mentioned that only Peshawar has been declared as polio free not KPK.

Again it is irrelevant but FATA is actually a responsibility of the Federal Government

Again it is irrelevant but Waziristan is the largest agency of the FATA.

I do hope, this clarifies some misconception.

TV news are NOT considered reliable or authenic news source anywhere in the world. If you want other people to take your point of view seriously then always use well known reputed newspapers as sources.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

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Glad to see Peshawar has been declared as free from polio and polio virus found in Karachi and Lahore..

Polio virus found in Karachi, Lahore sewage water - thenews.com.pk

Polio virus found in Lahore, Karachi sewers – The Express Tribune

Good for Peshawar, but why is it a good thing if cases are reported elsewhere? Last I checked we were trying to get rid of this menace.

 

[Old Navigator]

TV news are NOT considered reliable or authenic news source anywhere in the world. If you want other people to take your point of view seriously then always use well known reputed newspapers as sources.

Even so, is newspapers new reliable? If yes, they have not traced anything to KPK. Polio has been traced to FATA / Waziristan which as per constitution of Pakistan, actually comes under the Federal Government not KPK.