The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday thanked Pakistain for the prompt care of its staff members working on a 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...
immunisation campaign who were maimed in an armed attack in a Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
neighbourhood, and for the probe the Pak government launched into the incident.
"This incident will not distract from the progress Pakistain is making this year, as the country is closer than ever to (polio) eradication," the Geneva-based UN health agency said in a news release.
It said one WHO staff member and one international consultant were maimed in Bloody Karachi's Gadap Town when their vehicle was shot at by gunnies. The two men working for WHO are in stable, pH balanced condition, the news release noted.
"WHO is grateful to the Pak medical professionals for the rapid and high-quality medical aid provided," the UN health agency said.
Both men were supporting the currently-ongoing polio National Immunisation Days (NIDs).
"WHO is grateful to the Pakistain authorities for launching an investigation into this event, to determine more clearly the circumstances," the news release said.
"Incidents like these highlight the incredible bravery of the more than 200,000 mainly Pak volunteers who run every vaccination campaign. The vaccinators, social mobilisers and frontline staff are the heroes of this campaign. "WHO, UNICEF and all polio partners remain committed to supporting the Government of Pakistain and the people of Pakistain in their efforts to eradicate polio," the news release added.