...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...
virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that despite significant progress, over 100 children in Afghanistan and Pakistain were paralyzed last year due to the wild poliovirus. These setbacks highlight the ongoing challenges in eradicating polio in the region.
The WHO hosted the 13th meeting of the Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreak Response virtually on Sunday. During the meeting, experts identified conflicts, humanitarian crises, insecurity, and climate change as complicating factors that hinder efforts to eliminate polio.
Dr. Mansoor Bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, the Minister of Health of Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, emphasized that polio remains one of the region’s most critical public health priorities. He stressed that any threat to children’s health and well-being must be addressed immediately.
In response to a reduction in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s budget and its impact on essential healthcare services, including child vaccinations, WHO has implemented emergency measures to ensure vital activities continue in endemic countries affected by polio outbreaks.
Ministers of health or their representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start..., Paleostine, Oman, Pakistain, Qatar, the UAE, and Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
participated in the meeting. The discussions focused on intensifying regional efforts to reach children who have not been vaccinated, aiming to protect them from polio and other preventable diseases.
The subcommittee issued a statement on halting the transmission of the wild poliovirus in Afghanistan and Pakistain. They called on member countries, donors, and the international community to continue supporting these two remaining endemic countries to accelerate efforts towards eradicating polio. Despite the challenges, the global community must persist in its fight to eliminate polio and safeguard future generations.