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    Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nigera only 3 countries on endemic list)





    http://tribune.com.pk/story/322868/afghan-polio-cases-rise-govt-appeals-to-militants/


    KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents Tuesday to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where cases of polio have risen sharply.


    A total of 80 cases of the crippling disease were reported in Afghanistan last year — a three-fold increase over 2010, the health ministry said, marking a major setback in the drive to eradicate polio worldwide.


    About four in five of the cases were in the troubled south of the country, with Karzai pointing to the area along the porous border with Pakistan, marked out by the disputed Durand Line, as particularly hard hit.


    The area is a stronghold for hardline Taliban militants, who have waged a 10-year war to oust Karzai’s government since they were themselves overthrown by a US-led invasion in 2001.


    “Despite all the past efforts to vaccinate millions against polio, there are still children suffering from the disease on both sides of the Durand Line,” the president said.


    Militants who stood in the way of vaccination teams trying to prevent the spread of the paralysing illness were “the true enemies of our children’s future”, he said.
    Karzai appealed to religious and community leaders to persuade the insurgents to allow the immunisation teams to vaccinate children.


    Polio — which afflicts mainly the under-fives, causing death, paralysis and crippled limbs — travels easily across borders and is transmitted via the faecal matter of victims.


    The news of the increase in Afghan cases comes just days after India announced that it had marked a year since its last case of polio – a major milestone in a country once considered the epicentre of the disease.


    India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria are listed by the World Health Organisation as the only four countries where the crippling disease is endemic.
    The decline in polio worldwide through a concerted effort by governments, UN agencies and private donors, has raised hopes polio might go the way of smallpox, the only disease successfully eradicated globally.


    There were 604 cases of polio worldwide in 2011 and India will only be judged to have eradicated the disease if it stays infection-free for another two years.

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    Re: Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nigera only 3 countries on endemic list)




    پاکستان اور افغانِستان میں حالیہ دِنوں میں پولیو کے جِتنے بھی کیسز سامنے آئے ہیں وہ سب طالبان کے زیر اثر علاقوں میں ہیں۔
    مولولویوں نے ویکسینیشن کو امریکہ کیطرف سے ایک سازش قرار دیا کہ اِس کے نتیجے میں نئے طالبان پیدا ہونا بند ہو جائینگے اور دھڑا دھڑ فتوے جاری کئیے ۔
    اِس جہالت کے سبب ایک گِروہ تو نظریاتی طور پر مفلُوج ہُوا سو ہُوامگر کِتنے ہی معصوُم بچے باقی زِندگی کیلئے جسمانی طور پر معذُور ہو گئے۔
    جو کِسی سے پُوچھ بھی نہیں سکتے کہ ہمارا قصُور کیا تھا؟
    بِاَیِّ ذنبِ قُتِلت ؟


    میں کِس کے ہاتھ پہ اپنا لہوُ تلاش کروں
    تمام شہر نے پہنے ہوئے ہیں دستانے ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ وہ بھی طالبانی شریعت کے



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    Re: Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nigera only 3 countries on endemic list)

    India have just recently eradicated polio from their country - their problems areas were in UP and Bihar and specially in muslim majority areas and the reason was similar to what you stated - there was apprehension among the muslim population that the polio vaccine was being used to control them and they were refusing to vaccinate their kids. The government and organization started a comprehensive and wide campaign to enlist the help of the muslim religious leaders of these communities to work with them to allay the unfounded fears and their efforts paid off.

    Can you believe that we are at par with a country that is torn apart with war for almost 30 years and is a state in ruins - this is an indicator of where we stand in the world - we dont really care about the welfare of the people - rather the powers to be in our country are just busy trying to grab more powers for themselves. They should be ashamed to see us on lists like these....

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    پاکستان اور افغانِستان میں حالیہ دِنوں میں پولیو کے جِتنے بھی کیسز سامنے آئے ہیں وہ سب طالبان کے زیر اثر علاقوں میں ہیں۔
    مولولویوں نے ویکسینیشن کو امریکہ کیطرف سے ایک سازش قرار دیا کہ اِس کے نتیجے میں نئے طالبان پیدا ہونا بند ہو جائینگے اور دھڑا دھڑ فتوے جاری کئیے ۔
    اِس جہالت کے سبب ایک گِروہ تو نظریاتی طور پر مفلُوج ہُوا سو ہُوامگر کِتنے ہی معصوُم بچے باقی زِندگی کیلئے جسمانی طور پر معذُور ہو گئے۔
    جو کِسی سے پُوچھ بھی نہیں سکتے کہ ہمارا قصُور کیا تھا؟
    بِاَیِّ ذنبِ قُتِلت ؟


    میں کِس کے ہاتھ پہ اپنا لہوُ تلاش کروں
    تمام شہر نے پہنے ہوئے ہیں دستانے ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ وہ بھی طالبانی شریعت کے



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    Re: Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nigera only 3 countries on endemic list)

    اگر یہ بچے مرتے ہیں تو ان کی بلا سے۔ ان عکسریت پسندوں کے لئے زندگی کی کوئی قیمت ہے؟


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    Re: Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants (Pakistan, Afghanistan & Nigera only 3 countries on endemic list)

    دعا ہے کہ اب پاکستانی اور افغانی طالبان حکومت کی مدد کریں اور کچھ ایسا کام کرجائیں جس سے پاکستان میں پولیو کا مسئلہ ختم ہو اور ان بچوں کے چہروں پر مسکراہٹ رہ سکے ۔ خبروں میں یہی سننے کو ملتا ہے کہ کبھی انہوں نے یہ دھماکہ کیا ہے اور کبھی انہوں نے یہ حملہ کیا ہے۔ اگر ان کو اپنا امیج لوگوں کے سامنے بہتر کرنا ہے تو انہیں چاہئے کہ وہ اچھے کاموں میں بھی حکومت کی مدد کریں؛ تاکہ وہ اس طرح کے اچھے کام کرنے کی بھی ذمہ داری لے سکیں۔


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