The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, said in its 17th report that the year 2019 was a 'scary year' for Pakistan's polio eradication program in which 'the poliovirus was a huge success.' In the report, the IMB has appealed to the Government of Pakistan to 'de-politicize' the polio program and said that the support of all parties for polio vaccination and better coordination between the Center and the states is needed.
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It has also been said that it is necessary for the government to meet polio-affected communities and formulate a strategy to win their trust. The report said that confidence was being found in Pakistan in 2018 that polio was on the verge of eradication in the country. But, in one year, the situation completely reversed. Five reasons were responsible for this.
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These include over-confidence in polio program in 2018, lack of strategy to eradicate the negative stance of communities, lack of general political consensus on eradication of polio and lack of good working relationship between government teams and UN agencies, polio vaccines Of polio eradication program to spread rumors and gain political discounts by vested selfish elements about Thought deemed boycotts are included. The report said that in the second quarter of 2019, a record of 38 cases of polio was confirmed in Pakistan while 30 cases were reported in the third quarter. In 2018, five districts were within the scope of polio. In 2019, their number has increased to 25.