Salva Kiir launches Polio campaign in Southern Sudan
October 27, 2008 (JUBA) – Salva Kiir Mayadrit, today launched the first round of a mass polio vaccination that began across southern Sudan, four years after its eradication.
The President of Southern Sudan government took part in an oral polio vaccination campaign by personally administering vaccine to a small group of babies in Juba. 2008 exercise aims to vaccinate 2.8 million children under five.
Up to March of this year, the southern Sudan was declared free of polio following 2004 campaign. However, six cases of polio had been reported during 2008. They are suspected to be connected to cross-border migration from Ethiopia.
The current campaign will involve two phases of vaccinations, the second round scheduled for November.
The World Health Organisation said that Kenya, and other neighbouring countries have been warned about the reappearance of the virus. The WHO fears that without regular national campaign the highly infectious virus would spread across the south.
Polio is a highly infectious virus that targets young children, spreading through contaminated food and water. It can paralyse sufferers within hours and cause death when breathing muscles are affected.
Health campaigners had originally hoped to eradicate polio globally by 2000. But their efforts have been hampered by poor health coverage in parts of Africa, and so small outbreaks have persisted. Polio can still be found in areas including northern Nigeria, northern India and along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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Salva Kiir launches Polio campaign in Southern Sudan
In my opinion this vaccine must not be given to any of Equatorians kids, ret him treat with his dinkas who are the tomorrow’s generation of Southern Sudan. How can Kiir treat Equatorians with his vaccine while turning blind to the current killing and all meants of devastation in Greater Equatoria and Nimule in particular. Either of my child would have chance of getting this vaccine under my option, how can i allow myself to be treated for dinkas to keep abusing us, let Kiir just forget about Equatoria let him mind about the next step for his plan of ignoring the dream world of dinkas, because it’s obvious that every barbaric action been carried by dinkas was exactely planed by people who are on the top. So don’t treate us as your movie to watch while your dinkas are carrying the action. I know that South is for us all,but behaving moron is one of thing that we never have an option to tolerate, remove your behavours and this will offer you a credit for long unity with Equatorian, but turning blind has it’s time.
Any one who lives abroad or have no been to Nimule since Stember must not respond in negative, go and see how the lives of others are beeing handle by unknown blockheads. Am sorry i don’t know for how long can we really see the image of Madia and Equatoria in general under this cruel leadership of dinkas in Southern Sudan. Someone who does not deserve the lives of others to rule us, what a joke in this nation. Majority has nothing to do with if Kiir beleives that he will not solve the case of Madi land under his people. How many American where there in the movie of Vietnam war compared to those millions of vietnam who were just slaugtered like chickens by American. Ignore but the result will be hot into someone’s hips.
AM not bringing another topic into this Article, it is what we have to understand if we’re hoping to live together as the people of Southern Sudan.