#24thOctober #WorldPolioDay World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent widespread use of the oral poliovirus, developed by Albert Sabin, led to the establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. Since then, GPEI has reduced polio worldwide by 99%. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 99 percent of the world region is cleared of Polio but unfortunately Pakistan has still not been able to eradicate this nuisance. Most of the cases from Pakistan appear from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) where polio drops are still considered as conspiracy of the West. Total number of polio victims in Khyber Agency of FATA and South Waziristan has reached up to 141 whereas a total of 43 polio cases emerged in KPK. Statistical breakdown suggest 14 cases in Peshawar, 12 in Bannu, 4 in Mardan, 3 in Lucky Marwat, 5 in Tank, 3 in Buneer and one from districts of Ghar and Noshera each. 19 polio cases were reported in Sindh this year, 18 out of which belonged to provincial capital Karachi whereas one of the victims is a resident of Sanghar. 3 cases were reported in Quetta, provincial capital of Balochistan whereas 3 cases appeared in Qila Abdullah adding the figure to 6. Only 3 polio cases were registered in Punjab, one from Bhakkar, Chakwal and Sheikhupura each.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:59:32 +0000
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