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Written By: Agencies | Published : October 18, 2014 6:42 PM IST
A new case of polio has been reported in Pakistan's Khyber Agency. With this case, the total number of polio cases detected this year in Pakistan went up to 200. The highest number of polio casesin the nation has been reported fromKhyber Agency.(Read: Pakistan s polio woes continue funds likely to run out soon!)
Official data shows that an overwhelming 96 percent of polio cases reported so far were found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). FATA, which has never been able to vaccinate its targeted population of around nine million since the global polio eradication initiative began in Pakistan in the mid 1990s, has become a real challenge for the government and UN agencies. They are finding it extremely hard to address the issue of reaching unvaccinated children and tackling vaccination refusal cases. (Read: Pakistan intensifies efforts to eradicate polio)
Source: IANS
Photo source: Getty images
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