World Polio Day -
Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Innovative Financial Advisors
Pvt. Ltd- Jonas Salk, the person along with his team was responsible to
develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis, it is in his honour the Rotary
International celebrate 24th October as World Polio Day. Polio has been reduced
by 99%. The establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in
1988 was done due to widespread use of the oral poliovirus and use of
inactivated poliovirus vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin. However, three
countries still continue in transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus which
are Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The WHO Assembly declared in April 2012,
that the completion of polio eradication a programmatic emergency for global
public health.
Pakistan is one of the three
countries where polio is yet to be eradicated. In Pakistan many have started
viewing Polio vaccination camps with suspicion after CIA attempted use of a
fake vaccination program in 2011 to collect DNA samples from residents of Osama
bin Laden's compound to verify the al Qaeda leader's presence there. Taliban
commanders have opposed to polio vaccinations and have banned them in the region
as long as US continues its campaign of drone strikes in the region.
After number of cases that
emerged last year, Pakistan have stepped up its eradication efforts. 90% of the
children that are paralyzed by polio in 2013 come from regions in which there
is problem of accessibility. With Air fare getting cheaper it's difficult to
contain the virus and no country is safe. A Pakistani citizen who leaves
Karachi with a bad cold may never know that in few hours he can make someone in
Dubai, Mumbai, or Beijing infect with polio. This is the main reason why every country
around the world wants Pakistan and other polio endemic countries to eradicate
polio. All the efforts and financial resources will be in jeopardy if all
countries including Pakistan are not declared polio free.
Innovative Financial
Advisors Pvt. Ltd. is proud that India is no longer a polio-endemic country
since 2012 that is unprecedented progress for a country which in 2009 accounted
for nearly half of the world's polio cases. On February 25th 2012, the World
Health Organization struck of the name of the country from polio-endemic
countries' list. India has not reported any case of polio since the last case
of a two year old was paralyzed by polio in Howrah district of West Bengal.
Innovative Financial Advisors
Pvt. Ltd. incorporates polio vaccination camps in social development projects
related to health sector on which its efficient sector specific workforce
research and develop innovative proposals that is implemented by NGOs across
India. Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. take special concern on issues
related to health sector.
Written By
Rahul Choudhury
Dy. Manager - Content, Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
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