GENEVA:
World Health Organization (WHO) says that 21 nations have urged Pakistan to vaccinate all of its children to eradicate polio spreading.
Some 21 nations in the Middle East and nearby regions have jointly made the eradication of polio an emergency priority and recognized that Pakistan is a key part of the problem, the WHO said Wednesday.
The joint resolution by nations who are part of the UN health agency's Eastern Mediterranean region have called on Pakistan to urgently vaccinate all of its children to prevent the virus from spreading internationally.
Pakistan also approved the resolution, which the Geneva-based agency says includes Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The problem is particularly challenging in Pakistan, where a UN-backed eradication campaign has suffered from violence and mistrust directed against polio workers and people who want their children vaccinated.
Earlier this week, WHO officials said the polio virus has now been confirmed in 13 of 22 children who became paralyzed in a northern Syrian province.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1056134/twenty-one-nations-take-up-polio-emergency
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