 [Dawn] The National Institute of Health Islamabad has confirmed four new 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...
cases, including two from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and one from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, according to officials.
They said that the fourth victim of polio belonged to a Pakhtun family, currently living in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
.
Officials said that Fata had recorded 38 polio cases, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had seven, Sindh had five and Punjab had recorded three out of the total cases reported in 2013 so far.
According to them, the new cases have brought the nationwide polio count to 53. They said that 58 polio cases were recorded last year in the country. According to the laboratory report, one-year-old Bushra, daughter of Abdullah, a resident of Hindikhel area in Frontier Region of Bannu, has been tested positive for polio. She remained unvaccinated since June 2012. Similarly, one-year-old Tufail, son of Nair Shah, a resident of Mirdadkhel in Khyber Agency , was also diagnosed with polio. He didn't get oral polio vaccine.
Two-month-old Nazeefa, daughter of Zia ul Haq, a resident of village Miramand Banda in Swabi, was also confirmed with poliomyelitis as she didn't receive any dose of the oral vaccine.
Officials said that Fata and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had become a challenge for vaccinators, who were not able to reach the children in inaccessible areas. Killing of 17 people in polio-related activities by alleged snuffies also caused problem of refusals in Swabi and Mardan, they said.
The situation in Fata, which is a clear threat to global efforts for polio eradication, will be difficult to improve because of the ban imposed by Taliban in North and South Wazoo on vaccination and mass exoduses from Khyber Agency in the wake of the military operation.
The fourth victim of polio, one-year-old Rehmatullah, son of Yar Mohammad, also belongs to a Pakhtun family presently living in Gadap Town of Karachi.
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