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| India-Pakistan |
| Polio and Pakistan |
| 2015-07-27 |
| [DAWN] ONLY two names now remain on the list: Afghanistan and Pakistain. Nigeria is the latest country to exit the ignominious company of countries where polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... is considered endemic. No new polio cases have been reported there for the last one year, and while it has some time to go before officially being declared polio-free, it should be really proud given the odds it once faced. A decade or so ago, Moslem holy mans in Nigeria declared war on the anti-polio campaigners. These holy mans, quite like their counterparts in Pakistain, had decried the vaccination drive as an attempt to sterilise young Moslem girls. In more recent times, the hardcore murderous Moslem group Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... went after polio workers in Nigeria earlier this year, killing nine of them. But the anti-polio battle had enough momentum to bring the global front against the crippling disease victory after years of committed, relentless effort. Nigeria and the world must celebrate the moment. According to figures available in media reports, only 27 years ago -- in 1988 -- there were 128 countries staked by endemic polio. This is what makes the indictment for the two countries that are still not clear of polio easier and stronger. There has been a drop in the number of cases of late, but with 28 reported cases in Pakistain this year as against five in Afghanistan, Pakistain has to be the most serious challenge for the anti-polio coalition. Nigeria's example tells us that it has to be cohesive, efficient process involving everyone from the government health machinery to the NGOs to political parties and social motivators, including the holy mans. |
| Posted by:Fred |