Peshawar: During the recent polio campaign, 6,835 parents in Peshawar alone have refused to immunize their children against polio. Similarly, a major problem is emerging every time in the form of ‘child not available’ and 14,222 parents have been recorded as giving the excuse of child not being available.
According to the last polio campaign, 14,222 children were categorized as ‘child not available’.
Are polio drops safe or unsafe, medical specialist Dr. Ijaz Khan says on this topic that polio drops are unsafe or cause sexual problems, all these things are rumours.Therefore, putting your children on a path to permanent disability is tragic as well as tragic.
Dr. Ejaz further said that if it had caused any sexual problems, the population of our province and the country would not have increased with the same speed.What is dangerous about the polio virus is that the polio virus mixes with water.
Another problem is that the polio virus is transferred from the feces of polio-affected children to other places through the sewers which poses a threat to healthy children as well.
Similarly, a total of 18 people were targeted in 2021, out of which 6 were martyred, 11 were injured and one was kidnapped.Among the martyrs and injured were 3 women polio workers.
During the polio campaign in 2022, 19 people were targeted, including 7 martyrs, 12 injured and one hostage.A female polio worker was also included among the martyred.
During the polio campaign in 2023, 22 people were targeted, including 6 martyrs, 11 injured and 5 hostages.A woman polio worker was also among the victims.
So far this year, 51 polio workers and police personnel have been targeted during polio duty, including 14 martyrs and 37 injured.
A female polio worker is also included among the martyred.
The most violent year during the polio campaign in the last five years is 2024, which still has six months to go.