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Pakistan is causing particular consternation among health officialswho say their efforts to vaccinate more children are beingfrustrated by the CIA's use of a fake vaccination program last yearto gather intelligence on Osama bin Laden. In a letter to CIA director General David Petraeus in February, InterAction, which represents nearly 200 U.S.- basednon-government organizations, expressed "deep concern" about thefake campaign. "Among other factors, international public health officials pointto the distrust of vaccines and immunization campaigns ascontributing to the lack of progress in eradicating the disease inPakistan," it said. "This distrust is only increasing in light of reports about the CIAcampaign," it added. Bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. Navy SEALs in May 2011 at aheavily fortified compound in Abbottabad, in northeastern Pakistan. Local news reports linked Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi to theU.S. intelligence operation, alleging he tried to gain access tobin Laden's compound through the fake vaccination scheme. Pakistan recently sentenced Afridi to 33 years in jail for providing financial and medical assistance to the now defunctmilitant group Lashkar-e-Islam. Officials originally told CNN Afridi was charged with treason forspying for the United States. "The incident with Dr. Shakeel Afridi definitely impacted not onlyour polio vaccinations but other vaccination programs as well,"said Arshad Ahmad Khan, a doctor at Nowshera health department inthe country's northwest. Alem Zeb said he rejected free polio vaccination drops for hischildren, aged 7 and two, because they were "poison." "The polio drops destroy the sperm," he told CNN from his home inPeshawar, in the country's northwest. "It's a campaign by the Westto disable Muslim children," he said. "The U.S. provides funds to destroy Muslims and to make them slavesthrough such campaigns," he added. Aid groups have recruited religious leaders to assure anxiousparents that the vaccinations are not part of Western plan tosterilize their children. "We go from door to door in every neighborhood to people who refuse[to vaccinate their children] and for whatever reasons they give,and assure them," said Mohammad Asim Head of the religious schoolcalled Idara-e-Taleem-ul-Quran in comments distributed by UNICEF. "For some, a visit by the Imam is good enough," he added. At the start of this year, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative(GPEI) launched an Emergency Action Plan with the aim ofvaccinating enough children to halt transmission of the disease bythe end of this year. So far their blitz has succeeded in reducing the number of cases sofar this year, with only 16 recorded in Pakistan at end of May,compared to 36 during the same period last year, according to ajoint statement from aid groups. However, to stop polio transmission completely, aid groups said atleast 95% of all children in Pakistan must be immunized duringmultiple campaigns throughout the country each year. Oral drops need to be administered several times to each childbefore they become fully immunized. I am an expert from led-candlebulb.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Led High Bay Lighting , High Lumen Led Bulb, B22 Led Candle Bulb,and more.
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