News and Updates ➽ Pakistan launches emergency action plan against polio
Pakistan launches emergency action plan against polio
By Dan Nixon – RI News — 28 January 2011 Responding to a sharp increase in the number of polio cases in Pakistan in 2010, the government has launched the National Emergency Action Plan for Polio Eradication 2011. Developed by national and international health experts at the request of President Asif Ali Zardari, the plan’s two main goals are to stop polio outbreaks by mid-2011 and halt transmission of the disease by yearend.Pakistan…
