It is known that there is some underlying rivalry between
the countries of India and Pakistan. Recently India has managed to eradicate
Polio from its country. Polio is a viral disease that can affect nerves and can
lead to partial or full paralysis. Pakistan has taken note of this and has used
this information as a sense of motivation for them to do the same. Just last
month marked the year anniversary of India being completely free of the viral
disease. Ironically within that same year, Pakistan recorded a total of 180 new
polio cases, making them the leading carrier of any other country. Remarkably
efforts have already been put in motion to tackle this ferocious disease. They
have managed to construct polio vaccination teams that visit poor housing areas
to immunize every child. Pakistan holds eradication campaigns at national or
regional levels eight times a year. I feel as if this is a very positive leap
that they have taken in the eradication process. I also feel that it is ideal
and smart for them to start the vaccinations with the children, seeing as they
are the most susceptible to contracting the disease and they are the future to
the country. After families have been vaccinated the outside of their houses
are then marked with chalk to make note of it, but they are then gone back to
afterwards to be checked and rechecked. This is a very good tactic as well
because it is very important to make sure that the disease does not come back
which it has the opportunity to do. It gives a sense of security to the people
of Pakistan because it’s as if they are making it known that they do care about
the long term effects of their health. Because of the ongoing competition
between India and Pakistan positive outcomes have been produced from it all. The
rivalry has managed to play a role in the unionization of Pakistan’s government
and people to focus on a national emergency.
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