Comments on: The Polio Conundrum

By: AHA

AHA — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:15:24 +0000

Polio eradication was also successfully practiced in Pakistan since early 1970′s. Things were very much okay on the polio front in Pakistan till religion took its hold.

By: human

human — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:56:13 +0000

this incident shows the silent majority unable to control the gun totting minority in the name of religion practiced by silent majority. what matters all is just a sensible life which very short, for which morality is needed not something propogated in the name of religion(s).

By: Naseer

Naseer — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:19:49 +0000

Thanks to Taliban, Pakistan is unlikely to get rid of Polio. Pakistani children will continue to suffer and masses will continue to be terrorized by Taliban. Sadly they use the name of Islam for their political agenda. Taliban are the greatest threat to Pakistan and to Islam.

By: Ajaya K Dutt

Ajaya K Dutt — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:19:49 +0000

No amount of security can deter a determined terrorist. The root cause is somewhere else.

By: Alok

Alok — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:13:18 +0000

Hope the Polio eradicates from Paksiatan and Afganistan as it was done in India…

By: sal

sal — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:11:11 +0000

I sure hope that a cross is not put next to Pakistan in the “Polio endemic region, avoid”. This is yet another failure by all pakistani’s …not just the government who’s hands are tied by you-know-who.

By: syeda saima shabbir

syeda saima shabbir — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:59:07 +0000

Six women have been martyred in just two days for carrying the noble cause of saving the children of Pakistan from the malady of polio. It’s a dilemma in Pakistan that whenever a vulnerable class of society becomes victimization of extra-judicial killings, the respective provincial and federal governments become more
responsive by promptly declaring award of compensation to the aggrieved families. I wonder why the same money which becomes immediately available from government exchequer for compensation purposes is not expended beforehand on improving security of these vulnerable classes.
SYEDA SAIMA SHABBIR
Islamabad

By: indian

indian — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:12:28 +0000

My son is 18 now. I remember how Polio campaign was given topmost priority in India when he was a newborn. Campaigners came door to door periodically looking for babies and toddlers. It was like that until my son turned 5 or so; there were loudspeakers blaring for weeks before the actual camp itself in autorickshaws spreading the news to all nooks and corners of the country. There were full page ads in local language dailies. Its not overnight that India got rid of polio. Around the same time some free camps for anti Hepatitis B were also held side by side that even the better-off in the society took advantage of. It reminds me of relentless campaign for family planning in our national tv ‘Doordarshan’ in 80s that resulted in 2 kids per average family mostly in last generation, Today even the rural and illiterate women in India are aware of the family planning techniques and willingly opt for it. In states like Tamil Nadu, for decades now if a couple opt for family planning after a first born daughter, the govt invests in a 10,000 rupee cash certificate in the girl child’s name which will mature to 1 lac rupee when the girl turns 18. Many under the poverty line willingly opt for family planning thanks to this scheme. Incentives are maximum for families where men opt for vasectomy whose breed is also increasing like never before. Alongwith anti-polio immunization, anti Hepatitis A and B shots should also be subsidized and administered to all because both strains are extremely fatal.