...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. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...incidents in the country over the past ten months.
All cases were reported in the eastern and southern regions of the country, said the officials.
According to the World Health Organization, Afghanistan and Pakistain are among the two nations where the polio virus is still threatening the lives of children.
"I want to emphasize that everybody has a role to play in eradicating polio. In this regard, I want to speak directly to Afghan mothers and fathers about the importance of vaccinating their children against polio," said Lawrence Chabirand, the Deputy Polio Team Lead for UNICEF.
Najma, 21, is a physiotherapist who became the victim of polio when she was a child.
"I suffered a heavy polio fever. During that time there was war and there were no health services for the public," said Najma Hajjizada, a Polio victim.
GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN OF CASES:
8 incidents in Uruzgan
5 cases in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
3 cases in Kandahar
1 case in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
1 case in Kunar
1 case in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
8 incidents in Uruzgan
5 cases in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
3 cases in Kandahar
1 case in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
1 case in Kunar
1 case in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
According to the Afghan and international health officials, security threats and the migration of Afghans between Afghanistan and the Pakistain, are among the key factors providing obstacles to the complete eradication of the virus.
"75 cases of polio have been recorded in Pakistain, with most of the incidents in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, the Afghan government spent $8.5 million in a polio vaccination campaign last month, however, violence has been preventing the complete eradication of the virus.