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| Nigeria: Borno Records 14 New Polio Cases | |
| 2013-09-15 | |
| [ALLAFRICA] Borno State Commissioner for Health Dr. Salma Anas-Kolo yesterday said 14 new cases of polio ...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... myelitis have been recorded in the Borno State, describing it as the largest discovery in the country in recent times. While blaming the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... insurgency for the setback, Kolo said many health workers find it difficult to move around to immunize children.
She said traditional rulers, who according to her are the closest to the downtrodden, are key players in reversing the trend. The commissioner said Maiduguri was picked for the kick off of the sensitization programme which is part of the government's efforts to meet the 2014 World Health Organisation (WHO) target of freeing the globe of polio. The Shehu of Borno called on his subjects to avail their children from 0-5 years to take immunization vaccine against the five-killer diseases. "All over the world, Borno is seen as the citadel of knowledge and therefore cannot continue to promote the idea that immunization is targeted at reducing birth," he said | |
| Posted by:Fred |