...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...were reported, which dimmed hopes for the country's polio eradication.
More than 90% of the country's health facilities are at risk of closure, according to the International Rescue Committee's most recent report. One of the main issues that worried the country's residents the most this year was malnutrition, particularly among children.