Key result
Targeted surveillance strategies are urgently needed to protect Pakistan polio vaccinators from terrorist attacks.
Why the study?
State officials have not introduced a surveillance strategy for the security of polio workers in the National Emergency Action Plan for Polio Eradication despite targeted killings and terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
Highlights the urgent need for a targeted surveillance strategy to protect polio vaccinators in Pakistan from terrorist attacks.
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May warrant targeted surveillance for polio vaccinators in Pakistan; leaves open validation via prospective studies.
Poliomyelitis has been eliminated from all countries of the world except Pakistan and Afghanistan. One of the major reasons is the stigmas associated with the polio vaccine that has been repetitively discussed in literature, and governments of both the countries are already making serious efforts to control this public health challenge, but till this moment, the state officials have not introduced any surveillance strategy for the security of polio workers in National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) for Polio Eradication. This report highlights the issue of targeted killing and terrorism attacks on polio vaccinators in Pakistan and also devises a surveillance strategy to provide security to polio workers at immediate possible because the current chaos in Afghanistan will ultimately lead to more terrorist attacks on polio vaccinators.
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Wahid et al. (2023) conducted a review in Poliomyelitis. Targeted surveillance strategy was evaluated. A targeted surveillance strategy is urgently needed to provide security to polio vaccinators in Pakistan against targeted killings and terrorist attacks.
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