Govt weighs options to cope with aftermath of polio scare - DAWN.com
Govt weighs options to cope with aftermath of polio scare - DAWN.com |
- Govt weighs options to cope with aftermath of polio scare - DAWN.com
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| Govt weighs options to cope with aftermath of polio scare - DAWN.com Posted: 28 Apr 2019 08:17 PM PDT  PESHAWAR: The government is considering options to cope with the aftermath of the fear created after the Monday last's incident in which thousands of children were briefly hospitalised for 'reaction' of anti-polio vaccine. The options include reducing the quantum of the national immunisation and sub-immunisation campaigns against poliomyelitis, according to sources. They said that currently nine national immunisation campaigns, six-week apart, were conducted in the province while four sub immunisation anti-polio campaigns took place in the selected districts. It meant that the vaccination staff visited each household on average 10 times a month that created doubts in the minds of people, they added. Frequent campaigns also exposed the health workers, who enraged some people by knocking at their doors more often. "The new strategy is aimed at shifting from high profile to a low profile business," said sources.
In every campaign, health department deployed about 60,000 personnel including security staff that created a war-like situation as the closely-guarded vaccinators administered drops to the children. The new option is likely to be adopted and the polio vaccination drive takes place on quarterly basis. It will not only remove the prevalence fatigue among the staff but would create demand for OPV. Reduction in polio campaign will also cut down cost by 50 per cent, which runs into millions of rupees. The incident has also forced the health department to mark the World Immunisation Week by holding advocacy programmes at provincial and district levels. The provincial government deploys vaccinators every year in the field to immunise children. It has now decided to scale up public awareness instead of immunisation in the face of threats to the vaccinators after the scare. However, the tit-for-tat response by the government to the drama is going on. The aggressive approach is unlikely to do away with the rumours about OPV. Staunch opponents of vaccines preach in their neighbourhoods and argue that the government does not provide treatment to people in hospitals for killer ailments but pursues children in schools, homes and on roads for polio vaccination as part of 'international conspiracy'. The gullible parents buy the argument as they don't know that poliomyelitis is the only childhood disease that can be completely eradicated like it has been uprooted in the whole world except Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. It is obvious to everyone now that the hysteria created by rivals was a drama but the government's overreaction created a strange situation. On social media, images show how target children climb trees to avoid vaccination. The health workers are seen on same trees following the children to administer them OPV. Another video shows scores of school children immediately dispersing from a playground when someone from the background shouts that vaccinators are coming. The owners of private schools have announced at a press conference that they wouldn't allow vaccination and have suggested home-based immunisation in the presence of parents. An inquiry into the incident has named the people, who played negative role and were instrumental in staging the drama on that day. As opposed to polio vaccination, immunisation for nine diseases at the 1,295 EPI centre in the provincial health facilities is about 90 per cent. Children are taken to the centres by parents but they refuse to administer anti-polio drops to their children at their doorsteps. Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2019  |
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2019 09:29 AM PDT  Pakistan has suspended an anti-polio vaccination campaign after a health worker and two police were shot dead, and a social media health scare caused near hysteria. Unknown gunmen killed one health worker and two police guards in separate attacks in north eastern Pakistan, while fake claims that the vaccine was harmful started a panic among parents in the region. More than 25,000 children were admitted to hospital after false reports the vaccine was causing vomiting and fainting. A mob also burned down a health centre. Pakistani health officials had hoped to end the circulation of the virus this year, but recent months have seen a stubborn increase in cases, while samples show it is still in sewage in many cities. Conspiracy theories that polio drops are a Western plot to sterilise Muslims, or rumours they are harmful, have fed a small, but stubborn and occasionally violent resistance to vaccination. The CIA's use of a fake vaccination campaign to gather DNA samples in the hunt for Osama bin Laden added to suspicion.  Last week's panic saw at least 700,000 families refuse vaccination in Khyber Pakhtukhwa province alone, local media reported. Health officials halted the most recent vaccination drive late last week because an "uncertain and threatening situation for the frontline polio workers has emerged and we need to save the programme from a further major damage" an order said. Post campaign monitoring was also stopped. Polio officials are now deciding how to adapt the campaign, which currently takes place in nationwide drives every six weeks. The high frequency aims to ensure no children are missed, but officials say it also frustrates parents who are being asked to give their children drops up to 10 times a year. More infrequent vaccination drives, perhaps once a quarter could be one proposal. A new nationwide information campaign is also likely to be launched to fight misconceptions about the vaccinations. Poliomyelitis is on the cusp of eradication, with the wild virus only found in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Last year there were 33 cases, down from 350,000 annual cases when the global eradication drive began in 1988. Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security  |
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