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Dec 18, 2012 Aliko Dangote

لاجوس- عندما كنت ولدا صغيرا في كانو في شمال نيجيريا كان معلمي للقران مشلول القدمين تماما حتى الخصر وكان هناك ولد ترعرعت معه لم يكن باستطاعته استخدام قدميه ولقد كان هذا قبل خمسين سنة ولم اكن اعرف عندئذ ان ذلك هو شلل اطفال فلقد كانت تلك الامور من حقائق الحياة في نيجيريا وفي ذلك الوقت لم اكن اتخيل ان كل تلك الاضرار كان يمكن تجنبها بمطعوم يمكن استخدامه بسهوله وانه لو تم تطعيم اولئك الاشخاص لتمكنوا من تجنب الشلل .

في العقود الستة منذ اختراع اول مطعوم لشلل الاطفال ، تم القضاء على المرض في معظم البلدان حول العالم وحتى البلدان التي تواجه معوقات كثيرة مثل الهند والتي يبلغ عدد سكانها 1،2 بليون نسمة وتعاني من انتشار الفقر وعدم كفاية البنية التحتية قد تمكنت من التخلص من مرض شلل الاطفال .

ان نيجيريا هي واحدة من ثلاث بلدان – مع افغانستان والباكستان – ما تزال تعاني من مرض شلل الاطفال . كانو هي واحدة من اماكن قليلة في العالم تم تسجيل ثلاث سلالات مختلفة من المرض فيها في سنة 2012 .

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Ken Presting Dec 24, 2012

Readers of this post might also be interested in a discussion going on at nybooks.com - its easy but dangerous to become either sanguine or despondent about eradication effots. In fact, these are the best possible investments in public health. If we don't complete the effort, and the disease re-establishes itself, the losses will be horrifying.

The goal is in sight - polio can go the way of smallpox. These are two of mankind's proudest projects.
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Abiola Oyebanjo Dec 23, 2012

Its a shame that Nigeria ranks among the worst performer in polio eradication. Like Aliko rightly said, I saw many crippled child while I was i younger and little did I know I was living with an epidemic. I do not agree with Dangote over the seriousness of government to take off this issue, its probably the least problem on the desk at the Presidential Villa and even for the Cement mogul.
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Abiola Oyebanjo Dec 23, 2012

Its a shame that Nigeria ranks among the worst performer in polio eradication. Like Aliko rightly said, I saw many crippled child while I was i younger and little did I know I was living with an epidemic. I do not agree with Dangote over the seriousness of government to take off this issue, its probably the least problem on the desk at the Presidential Villa and even for the Cement mogul.
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Abiola Oyebanjo Dec 23, 2012

Its a shame that Nigeria ranks among the worst performer in polio eradication. Like Aliko rightly said, I saw many crippled child while I was i younger and little did I know I was living with an epidemic. I do not agree with Dangote over the seriousness of government to take off this issue, its probably the least problem on the desk at the Presidential Villa and even for the Cement mogul.
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Rik Rijs Dec 22, 2012

Strange, the 3 countries that still struggle with polio are muslim countries. Maybe allah doesn't care about his worshippers. Or, maybe those worshippers disregard their muslim duties. Another proof that religion is nothing more than superstition and god doesn't exist.
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