**WHO issues polio emergency warning for Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there would be a global polio emergency in Pakistan in three months, if health workers failed to improve their performance in eradicating the virus from the country.
Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) are still registering cases of the virus in children.
The organisation’s team leader in Pakistan **Dr Wahab Alanesi expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of anti-polio campaigners, media, politicians and officials. **
There are 400,000 children at risk of being infected in three districts of Balochistan.
”Pakistan is among the three countries alongside Nigeria and Afghanistan that had failed to achieve their set target for the eradication of the polio virus in 2012.” “Though only two cases have been reported, Balochistan remains at high risk because it had 73 cases in 2011.” “Most cases are reported because the medical team shave not reached those areas,” Alanesi told reporters.
The global polio emergency will be declared in Pakistan if performance regarding eradication of the polio virus is not improved in three months, he said.
“It will tarnish the image of the country because a global emergency means that Pakistanis will face travel restrictions across the globe,” he said.
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Heiraan hooN dil ko ro’ooN ya peetooN jigar ko meiN
I hate to bring the government in over and over again, but with whom should I lay the blame for letting polio go off the hook? We are world-famous for being a contented lot of baby boomers, but when it comes to taking responsibility for what we do so tirelessly, we fail miserably. While government can take the lead by educating people and making proper arrangments to tackle the menace, it is also a failure of our society as a whole that we cannot save even our children.
