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| UN polio suspension hits 22,000 children in Karachi |
| 2012-08-03 |
| [Dawn] Around 22,000 Pak children are at risk in 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... after the World Health Organization suspended 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... vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a UN official warned Thursday. WHO, a partner in government efforts to eradicate the disease, suspended activities in part of Pakistain's largest city last month and has not yet been approved to take part in the next campaign due in September. On July 17, a UN doctor from Ghana working on polio eradication and his driver were shot in Gadap town and three days later a local community worker who was part of the same campaign was rubbed out in the same area. "We had a successful campaign in Bloody Karachi until those attacks," said Elias Durry, senior WHO coordinator for polio vaccination in southern Sindh province. The campaign targeted 2.2 million children in Bloody Karachi, but 22,000 children in Gadap town were not administered polio drops because of security fears, he added. "We fear the children of Gadap could be in danger of polio if we cannot go to them during our next campaign in September," Durry said. Maryam Yunus, WHO spokeswoman in Pakistain, said activities would remain suspended in the area until police gave the go-ahead. Police said they were still investigating the July shootings. "We are investigating the incidents and trying to ensure fail-safe security for health workers in the future," said Mohammad Sultan, a local police official. Pakistain, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only three countries where polio remains endemic. |
| Posted by:Fred |