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شلل الاطفال يعود مرة اخري........ في السودان
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في عام 2001 اعلنت منظمه الصحة العالمية خلو السودان من شلل الاطفال ولحاق السودان, بعد مجهودات خارقة لسنوات عديدة, ببقية دول العالم التي تخلصت من هذاالوباء الفتاك.الان وبفضل الكارثةفي دارفور عاد شلل الاطفال ووصل عاصمةالمشروع الغير حضاري !!.
لا املك الا ان ارد قول الصديق فردا: يا للبؤس !!
التفاصيل ادناه:
News Article by AFP posted on October 07, 2004 at 09:47:09: EST (-5 GMT)
Anti-polio campaign in Sudan redoubled
CAIRO, Oct 7 (AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Thursday it will redouble efforts to vaccinate Sudanese children against polio following an outbreak of the disease in the war-torn western region of Darfur.
Eleven cases of the disease have been detected this year, including in the capital, the WHO said.
"Armed conflict has contributed to the re-infection by the wild polio virus in Darfur that has now spread to the capital city, Khartoum", said WHO Representative Guido Sabatinelli on Wednesday.
A WHO statement said Sudan had been polio-free since April 2001, but that cross-border movement between Chad and Sudan re-introduced the virus.
It said the "conflict in the Darfur region ... where the first polio case made its appearance, prevented the immunization of all children under the age of five in earlier campaigns."
Epidemiologists warned in June that outbreaks of polio in West Africa were a threat and could spread to other countries if not checked.
Addtional immunization days, beginning on Sunday, have been scheduled for this month and next, targeting six million children.
UNICEF Representative JoAnna van Gerpen noted that measles vaccination campaigns in Darfur and other parts of Sudan have been successful in preventing massive outbreaks of that deadly disease.
"We hope to do the same with polio," she said, "But the clock is ticking. If we don't stop this right now, the potential for more cases is great."
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