Pakistan in the grip of a crippling problem
From the Blog mehmalNigeria marked three years since its last case of polio last month — an important step towards being declared free of the crippling disease. The two other polio-endemic nations — Pakistan and Afghanistan — have, however, not shown much progress. Polio cases in Pakistan have rather increased in recent years. Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan held a high-level emergency meeting regarding the alarming situation in the country and directed government officials to start awareness and immunisation campaigns. Mr. Khan is also scheduled to lead the polio programme from November. Babar Bin Atta, the Prime Minister's Focal Person for Polio, told *The Hindu* that polio eradication was, in fact, very simple. "If we vaccinate enough children in a given area, then poliovirus has nowhere to pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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