ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Japani safarat khane aur Unicef ke mutabiq Japan ne Pakistan ko 43 lakh dollar ki grant di hai, jis se 2027 ki vaccination muhimmat ke liye polio ke qatron ki 2 crore 80 lakh se zyada khurakein khareedi jayengi.
Yeh raqam Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative ko milegi, jo ise agle saal ki muhimmat ke liye vaccine ki khareedari aur tarseel par kharch karega. Pakistan mein Japan ke safeer Akamatsu Shuichi ne kaha ke yeh grant pichhle saal se zyada hai.
Unhon ne kaha, “Japan 1996 se Unicef aur deegar sharakat daron ke saath mil kar polio ke khatme ki Pakistani koshishon ki musalsal himayat karta aaya hai.” “Japan 2027 ke aakhir tak poliovirus ki muntaqili rokne ke Pakistan ke azm ki bharpoor himayat karta hai.”
Elaan ke mutabiq Japan 1996 se ab tak Unicef ke zariye Pakistan mein polio ke kaam ke liye 24 crore 80 lakh dollar se zyada ki grants aur qarze de chuka hai.
Insdad-e-polio ke liye Wazir-e-Azam ki focal person Ayesha Raza Farooq ne kaha ke yeh grant ek nazuk waqt par mili hai. Unhon ne kaha, “Japan ke taawun se milne wali vaccine ki har khurak humein polio se pak Pakistan ke qareeb le jati hai.”
Is saal nau case
Pakistan aur Afghanistan duniya ke woh wahid do mulk hain jahan jangli poliovirus ab bhi phail raha hai. Pakistan mein cases 2024 ke 74 se kam ho kar 2025 mein 31 reh gaye, aur National Emergency Operations Centre 2026 mein ab tak nau cases ki tasdeeq kar chuka hai, jin mein se saat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aur do Sindh mein samne aaye. Elaan ke mutabiq junoobi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein bad-amni aur rasai ki mushkilat ki wajah se har bachche tak pahunchna dushwar hai.
2026–27 ke qaumi hangami action plan ke tehat hukumat ka hadaf 2027 ke aakhir tak virus ki muntaqili rokna hai. Har qaumi muhim mein paanch saal se kam umr ke saadhe chaar crore se zyada bachchon ko hadaf banaya jata hai, aur is mein chaar lakh se zyada frontline health workers hissa lete hain.
Yeh karkun aur un ki hifazat par mamoor police ahlkar ab bhi nishane par hain. Is maah ke awail mein maslah afraad ne Tank mein polio ke chaar karkunon ko aghwa kiya, aur dehshatgardon ne Mohmand mein polio duty par mamoor do police ahlkaron ko shaheed kar diya.
Sarhad paar, Aalmi Idara-e-Sehat ki polio emergency committee ne Jumma ko kaha ke Afghanistan mein October 2024 se ghar ghar vaccination nahin hui, aur sarhadi guzargahon par har umr ke afraad ko vaccine dene par zor diya.
Pakistan mein Unicef ki numainda Pernille Ironside ne kaha, “Japan polio ke khatme ki Pakistani koshishon mein ek sabit qadam sharakat dar raha hai, aur yeh taawun virus ki muntaqili rokne ke liye darkar aala miyar ki vaccination muhimmat jari rakhne mein madad dega.”
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) ke Pakistan office ke sarbarah Yusuke Shinozaki ne frontline karkunon ko saraha jo “mushkil halaat mein bhi communities ki khidmat jari rakhe hue hain.” Unhon ne kaha, “Aaiye us din tak mil kar kaam karte rahein jab koi bachcha polio ka shikar na ho.”
