Oct 24, 2012

Casos de Polio - Cases of Polio.

Durante el periodo del 1 de enero de 2012 al 17 de octubre de 2012, ha habido 171 casos de Polio en el Mundo.

During the period 1 Jan 2012 to 17 Oct 2012, there have been 171 cases of polio in the world.

Comunicado de la Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio, con motivo del Día Mundial de la Polio (24 de octubre de 2012).

                                LA POLIO QUE NUNCA SE ACABA.

Y con la que nunca se acabará sí no se aplica una vacuna segura y eficaz, que no sea un generador de virus mutados que terminan extendiéndose por el Mundo, generando nuevos casos de polio incluso en personas vacunadas.

El Mundo esta repleto de cómplices de este desastre que debe detenerse. Como
víctimas de esta enfermedad y muchos de este desastre, pedimos a la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Naciones Unidas y Organismos Oficiales dedicados a este asunto, que tomen de una vez las medidas adecuadas.

También queremos pedir que investiguen sobre las causas del Síndrome Post-Polio, dejen de mirar a otro lado y le den la importancia que tiene. Que con sus rastreadores de noticias en la red se den por informados de nuestra solicitud.

El enemigo es tan fuerte que crea falsos defensores de las causas que quiere hundir.

Lola Corrales
Presidenta de la Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio

Oct 17, 2012

Pakistan polio worker shot dead in Quetta.

Gunmen have killed a member of a polio vaccination team in the western Pakistani city of Quetta.

The team were administering polio drops to under-fives on the city outskirts when attackers on a motorcycle opened fire. One worker was fatally injured and died on the way to hospital. It is not clear who the gunmen were. 

The Taliban have issued threats against the polio drive in Pakistan, where polio is still endemic.In July a doctor who was administering polio vaccines was shot dead in the southern city of Karachi.

Officials say the vaccination programme has been suspended in several areas of Quetta following Tuesday's shooting. "We are investigating if the dead man had any dispute with the attackers or the shooting was carried out by opponents of the campaign," a senior local official, Tariq Mengal, told AFP news agency.

There has been opposition to such immunisation drives in parts of Pakistan, particularly after a fake CIA vaccination campaign helped to locate Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Militants have kidnapped and killed foreign NGO workers in the past in an attempt to halt the immunisation drives which they say are part of efforts to spy on them.

Pakistan is one of only three remaining countries where polio is still endemic. The others are Afghanistan and Nigeria.

Angola: International Experts Gathered to Fight Poliomyelitis.

Luanda — International experts and partners of the coalition against polio are meeting Tuesday in Luanda, to assess the new opportunities created as progress for eradication of this illness and define strategies for the coming years, Angop has learnt.

The meeting is taking place in a time that the World Health Organization (WHO) African region recorded important progress in the eradication of poliomyelitis, with only two countries with active transmission of this virus - Nigeria and Chad.

During two days, the participants will debate the evolution of the fight, exchange of experience, as well as outline new policies.

The participants are national experts of vaccination, representatives of scientific institutions and co-operation, such as CDC/Atalta, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Unicef and the WHO.

Oct 16, 2012

MoH acts to overcome ‘Norwegian rat danger’. ‘Report paralysis, poliomyelitis cases’.

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 15: The Pest and Rodents Control Department at the Ministry of Health has taken the necessary measures to prevent the pest epidemic and minimize the danger posed by Norwegian rats found in slum areas, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting head of the department Dr Samia Al-Tabeekh.

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Oct 15, 2012

President reiterates commitment to make Pakistan polio free.


zardari10 404ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday reiterating Government's commitment to eradicate polio from Pakistan emphasized the need for coordinated efforts by all the segements of society to reach every child for immunizations to make Pakistan a polio free country.

Addressing the launching ceremony for three-day country wide anti-polio campaign here at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said Pakistan has come a long way from 1994, when the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched for the first time polio eradication campaign formally. He said since then the polio cases have come down significantly.

He said, "We are not yet completely polio free and our aim is to make Pakistan completely polio free and we aim that no child lives in the fear of being crippled for life."

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Oct 5, 2012

PESHAWAR: A new polio case was confirmed in Upper Dir, Barawal Bhanda on Thursday.

According to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Health Department, a three-year-old girl named Maria, daughter of Tajudin Khan, was tested positive for the virus.

Officials said that after the confirmation of this case, the total number of polio cases in K-P has risen to 17. Three cases have been reported in Peshawar, two each in Mardan, Charsadda and Lakki Marwat, while one case each has been reported in Shangla, Torghar, Haripur, Swabi, Kohat, Dera Ismail Khan, Karak and Upper Dir. Meanwhile, 25 cases have been reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Frontier Regions.

The total number of polio cases registered this year is 42.

Oct 2, 2012

Like a Death Sentence.

Abuses against Persons with Mental Disabilities in Ghana.
October 2, 2012.
 
This report describes how thousands of people with mental disabilities are forced to live in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers, often against their will and with little possibility of challenging their confinement. In psychiatric hospitals, people with mental disabilities face overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. In some of the spiritual healing centers, popularly known as prayer camps, they are often chained to trees, frequently in the baking sun, and forced to fast for weeks as part of a “healing process,” while being denied access to medications.
The report also highlights the challenges of people with mental disabilities who live in the community, who face stigma and discrimination and often lack adequate shelter, food, and healthcare.

  Read the Report   www.hrw.org