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Salman Ahmed of Junoon fame
administers polio drops to a child at
the Jalozai IDP refugee camp, some
150 kilometers southeast of Peshawar,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The child in Sanghar, Sindh holds a
Save The Date card to remind the people
all over the globe that October 24th
is marked as the World Polio Day.
Photo courtesy: Dr Jewat Sundar - RC Khipro Sundar
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Dear Rotarians,
On 22nd September, the Director General of the World Health Organization Dr.
Margaret Chan spoke at a high level meeting on polio in the United Nations
General Assembly, New York, USA. Excerpt of her speech is as follows:
“We are so near to polio eradication globally, yet so very far away, in just one
country. WHO’s most highly and densely populated region, South-East Asia, just
did it. The vast and densely populated countries of Bangladesh, Indonesia, and
now India remain polio-free. This tells the world: there is no such thing as impossible.
At the global level, for the first time ever, the entire world has seen no type 3
poliovirus circulating for well over 18 months. Nigeria is on the verge of eradication. In that country, only 6
children were paralyzed by polio this year, compared with 47 at the same time last year.
Every time we see success we learn. Southeast Asia’s success tells us the importance of a thirst for innovation,
and the game-changing value of country ownership at every level, at every strategic turn. Nigeria used an
emergency operations model, devised a host of innovations, and used cutting-edge mapping technology
to pinpoint missed communities and children. In the midst of an extremely challenging security situation,
Nigeria raised childhood immunity close to the threshold needed for eradication.
Again: there is no such thing as impossible.
Let me state the obvious. Pakistan is the single most important stumbling block along the road to ending
polio, once and for all. Right now, a massive polio outbreak is sweeping across the country.
In numbers, that means 166 cases from Pakistan out of this year’s global total of 178 cases. These figures
are dramatic.
But so are some of the achievements of Pakistan over the past 12 months. Political and local leaders in
Peshawar proved last spring that OPV campaigns can be run without a security incident. Local military
commanders in Khyber Agency showed that all children could be reached and vaccinated in that area. This
past summer, hundreds of thousands of Waziris were vaccinated in transit posts. Pakistan actually showed
that despite the challenges, their children can also be reached, through innovations and a sense of common
purpose.
The UAE has always stood by the people of Pakistan in times of crisis, and is doing so now. UAE appreciates
the importance of success in this country. The personal generosity of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi is
being expressed through direct support for vaccination activities throughout Pakistan. We know the priority:
to improve the programme’s reach to the most vulnerable children of Waziri communities, and those living
in Peshawar and Karachi.
We must see success. The stakes are too high for the rest of the world. Thank you.”
Rotarians need to reach out and to show the world ‘No challenge is impossible’
Aziz Memon
National Chair
Pakistan PolioPlus Committee
Health Camp at Shanti Nagar, Gulshan Town Karachi
Report by: Alina Visram, Chief Editor
Health Camps are an integral part of intensified support
strategy of the Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee
to target missed children. The Pakistan Rotary Polio
Resource Center in Gulshan Town arranged a Health
Camp in one of polio high risk area of Gulshan Iqbal
Town UC 11 at Shanti Nagar on September 10th, 2014.
The area was selected on the basis of number of refusals.
Union Council 11 is known for its eclectic mix of
population ranging from Pashto, Gujrati, Punjabi and
Sindhi speaking communities.
The planning of Health Camp includes intensified social
mobilization and involvement of all local stake holders
and influential. A number of focus group meetings were
held as a part of the pre arrangement necessary for
holding the Health Camp. The camp was conducted in
the building of a private school, offered by the owner
to us on volunteer basis.
In view of security reasons, President Maj (R) Zahiruddin
Babar - President Rotary Club of Karachi Ocean & Co
Chair Polio Plus Committee arranged security measures
through a series of talks with the Pakistan Army.
Rotaract Club Karachi Ocean members also participated
actively in the ushering people to for vaccination or
health related issues.
Two Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) and two male doctors
provided primary health care services to women and
children.. The Camp started at 9.30 am to 2.00 pm. Total
402 children were given OPV; medical treatment was
given to 188 children for basic ailments, whereas 388
women got primary and reproductive health care
services. Health camps increase community acceptance
of OPV and help Rotary bond with the locals.
Joint progress review meeting for three KPK Resource Centres
Report by : Asher Ali - Project Manager, Pakistan National PolioPlus Committee
Chief Zonal Coordinator KPK CDG Rauf Rohaila
representing Khair un Nas Resource Centre, Peshawar,
chaired the joint coordination progress review meeting
of all three Resource Centres of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(KPK). Mr. Latif participated from Peshawar City and
AG Tayyaba Gul - Rotary Club Islamabad Metropolitan
represented Nowshera Resource Centre, as well as
facilitated the meeting at the Youth CaAtalyst Pakistan
Regional Office. Project Manager Asher Ali coordinated
the review meeting with a purpose to bring together
all three centres on a common platform; to share
activity and progress reports; identify gaps and propose
recommendations and the way forward.
Salman's Committment to a Polio-Free Pakistan
Report by PP Tayyaba Gul - Rotary Club Islamabad Metropolitan
anchor and Adnan Maqbool the producer of the musical
video met with staff and coordinators of the Nowshera
Resource Centre who facilitated and accompanied the
motley crew on their visit to the PDMA IDPs Camp, in
Jalozai where they administered polio drops to children
Salman and a film crew were making a musical video and captured the plight of the refugee camps on camera.
titled 'Overcoming All Challanges'. The song pays
tribute to the fearless health workers, raises urgent
issues of child and maternal health and is said to feature
prominent Pakistanis, united to see a healthy, educated
and Polio-free nation,” says Salman “As Ghalib wrote:
‘Mushkilein mujh par pari itni kay aasaan hogayeen’. I
feel confident that polio will soon be history in
Pakistan,” he says.
Salman Ahmed, the Pakistani artist of Junoon and Vital
Signs fame is committed to the children of Pakistan,
working closely with Rotary's Pakistan National Polio
Plus Committee in the effort to eradicate polio.
In a recent visit to Nowshera, Salman, Raham a Pakistani
Rotarians monitor SIADs in Mithi
Report by: Engr. Haresh Kumar Soni - member PNPPC and Club Chair PPC
President Dr. Nasrullah Thebo, Secretary Hemant Goswami,
PP Dr. Lekhraj Darzi and Club Polio Chair Rtn Engr. Haresh
Kumar Soni, Dr. Bharat Kumar.A.Bhagwani, Dr.Ayoub
Qasmani, Dr.Pirbhulal Bachni, Dr.Chamanlal Rathi all from
Rotary Club of Mithi planned to monitor the SIADs from
18th - 20th August & 8th - 10th September 2014 during
the campaign in 8 High Risk UCs. Rotarians of Mithi
monitored and supported the campaign by monitoring
Fixed Sites Teams, Transit Site Teams, Mobile Teams, as
well as Supervisors of Different UCs of District Tharparkar.
Visit to Rotary Club of Cobourg
Report by Chief Editor Polio +
On September 5th 2014, National Chair Aziz Memon
accompanied by his wife Dr. Samina Memon visited
the Rotary Club of Cobourg in Canada, (RI District
7070) as a guest speaker of PRIVP Dr. Bob Scott, Past
Chair, International PolioPlus Committee.
likely the government too) to come and personally
thank Bob and Anne for all the work they have done
to save so many lives in Pakistan. Bob and Anne went
where no other Rotarian would dare to travel and at
times under great personal peril.
The Rotary Club of Cobourg bulletin, highlighted their
visit. Excerpts of which are: "Aziz gave us a wonderful
outline of the steps being taken to eradicate polio in
Pakistan in the face of very difficult odds since his last
time here 9 years ago. He recounted how close they
were to eradication and were almost done in 2012
despite the opposition of the Taliban. They have kept
up the good fight. They faced a large setback as a region
in the North where over 350,000 babies were prevented
from vaccination for many months both by the Taliban
and change in government. One immense issue is that
the young population is scattered and transient.
Aziz presented a hand painted portrait (done by a
famous artist) of Bob administering polio drops to a
child from FATA, on behalf of all the Rotarians in Pakistan
who wished to acknowledge Bob's tireless effort and
his 14 visits to Pakistan in the past, persevering and
determined to eradicate polio.
Aziz then told us of the real reason he was here in
Cobourg. He was asked by Rotarians in Pakistan (and
Rotarian Anne Scott was asked to thank Aziz and noted
while we read of the troubles in Pakistan it was such
an honour to have Aziz come and tell us what is actually
going on. Anne made special mention of how pleased
she was to have Dr. Samina here at one of our
meetings and extended an invitation for Aziz and his
wife to come back and celebrate when Polio is
eradicated in Pakistan".
Rotary makes children smile in the Services Hospital
Report by: Saira Zafar – President, Rotary Club of Lahore Jinnah
President Saira Zafar – Rotary Club of Lahore Jinnah and
the Club Polio Chair Rtn. Shazia Zafar from the same
club organized polio mobilization events during July
and August. In the drive to create awareness, the RC
Lahore Jinnah Club distributed six wheelchairs to the
recipients of Voice Shelter (an NGO for the rehabilitation
of special people) in their annual ceremony; members
then walked with special children in the vicinity after
the ceremony. The club also arranged distribution of
special Eid packages (which contained polio awareness
material) to the children’s ward at the Services Hospital.
The parents were enlightened on the polio virus, during
distribution. Two more wheelchairs were donated to
needy polio victims on behalf of the club.
Vaccine carriers handed to District Health Officer Rawalpindi
Report by: PP Nosherwan Khalil Khan - RC Rawalpindi and member PNPPC
District Health Administration Rawalpindi and WHO
participated in a handing over of 120 vaccine carriers
and 100 polio vests in a ceremony organized on 16th
September by PP Nosherwan Khalil Khan at Crystal
Lines Travels at Pirwadhai; Immediate Past District
Governor Iftikhar Ahmed, President Abdul Mannan
Khan - RC Rawalpindi handed over the cold chain to
Dr. Khalid Randhawa (District Officer Health Rawalpindi),
Dr. Sarwat Boobak (Regional Area Coordinator WHO)
and Dr. Benazeer Mehr (Polio Eradication Officer WHO).
Rtn. Taimur Khalil Khan (Secretary), members of RC
Rawalpindi and AG. Nadeem Khokhar said the vote of
thanks in the concluding session. Dr. Khalid Randhawa
lauded the Role of Rotary and praised the efforts of RC
Rawalpindi in the Polio Eradication campaign. Dr. Sarwat
Boobak briefed WHO's Operations and appreciated the
vaccine carriers, which he said would be helpful in the
coming NIDs where the District Administration would
be increasing its immunization staff at the PTPs in
Rawalpindi.
Proposed SIAs schedule for 2nd Half of 2014
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Aziz Memon
Chairman, Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee
91 Shahrah-e-Iran, Clifton, Karachi 75600, Pakistan
Cell: +92 300 8259595, Off:+9221 35872368, 35867771-6
Fax: +9221 35872364, 35870468
eMail: [email protected]
Alina A. Visram
Chief Editor, Polio+
eMail: [email protected]
www.poliopluspakistan.org
Send club stories, queries and photographs by mail or eMail (high
resolution digital images preferred). Photographs without supporting
write-up will not be published. Circulation restricted
to Rotarians and concerned organizations only.
Health Corporate Sector contributes US$10,000 to Polio Fund
Muhammad Yasin Malik (Hilton Pharma) contributed
US$ 10,000/- equivalent to PKR One Million to the
Rotary Foundation - Polio Fund. With matching funds
from the BMGF this will become US $30,000 for the
campaign to end polio. Pakistan needs more support
from the Corporate Sector and Rotarians to keep these
contributions coming with the assurance that we will
put an end to polio in Pakistan.
Recommendations for submission of articles by Chief Editor Polio+
- All articles/features must be sent via email with 4-5 jpeg pictures in attachments reduced in size.
- Files sent in PDF and Word cannot be included in the newsletter because of the space constraint. Pictures cannot
be retrieved from these reports.
- Cut of dates for sending in all articles, write-up, pictures is 20th of each month.
- We will try and accommodate as many write-ups as we can, but because of limited space some of these may
be printed in the next newsletter.
- Please continue to send your polio activity update.
Pakistan Update
Province/
Region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
FATA
Sindh
Balochistan
Punjab
District Name
Peshawar
Bannu
Mardan
Lakki Marwat
Tank
Bunir
North/South Waziristan
FR Bannu
Khybern Agency
Baldia, Karachi
Gadap, Karachi
S.I.T.E, Karachi
Landhi, Karachi
Orangi, Karachi
North Karachi
Liaquatabad
Sanghar
Kila Abdullah
Quetta
Chakwal
Bhakkar
Type of Wild
Poliovirus
No.
Cases
Total
Districts
Total
Case
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
NSL 1
8
13
2
1
3
2
95
5
18
1
7
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
6
29
4
118
8
15
2
3
2
2
22
167
Pakistan
Global Update
Total Cases
Globally
* in endemic countries
* in non-endemic countries
Source: www.polioeradication.org
Year-to-date 2014 Year-to-date 2013
198
180
19
264
82
185
Total in 2013*
416
160
256
Polio endemic countries up-date: Afghanistan 8 and Nigeria 6 (as on September 25, 2014)
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