Global body concerned over `inadequate´ polio eradication efforts
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The independent monitoring board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has expressed its greatest concern that Pakistan has not been able to demonstrate success in clearing even one of the three traditional reservoirs of wild polioviruses. The board in its sixteenth report, titled `How to cut a long story short´ says there is a regular isolation of wild poliovirus from Karachi, Quetta block and Peshawar. A critical mass of children is being missed in vaccination campaigns. Pakistan´s failure to address variations in the quality and general inconsistency in performance of polio vaccination rounds is coming home to roost. Too many children, particularly in high-risk...