Polio Vaccination campaign in Pakistan

According to media news thousands of Pakistani children at  risk of Polio disease.  Militants organizations has banned vaccination campaign in their influence are. According to health officials one hundred sixty thousand children in North Waziristan and eighty thousand children in South Waziristan at risk of polio disease because government in not able to organize vaccination campaign due to security concern. 

Vaccination campaign in Pakistani tribal area is worst affected   after last year fake vaccination campaign organized by CIA to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad Pakistan. Pakistani doctor who organized fake vaccination campaign is sentenced to 33 years. After Abbotabad operation several foreign medical teams have left the tribal area because of  security concern. Local health official also received threats from militants. Militants has already banned health workers to enter South and North Waziristan for immunization campaig. 

According to health officials due to ban imposed by militants record number of Polio cases reported this year. Due to last year worst floods and army operation thousands of families have migrated to temporary shelters and don’t have proper medical and sanitation facilities and government is not able to reach thousands of children due to security concern which is very unfortunate.   

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ