COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa and Bill Gates discuss Pakistan's successful COVID smart lockdown strategy

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[Aspen]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates, in a telephonic conversation, discussed Pakistan's Covid-19 response and resumption of the polio campaign.

Bill Gates appreciated the Pakistan Army for supporting the national polio drive and ensuring proper reach and coverage. The army chief attributed the effort for a polio-free Pakistan to the grassroot workers including mobile teams, law enforcement agencies and healthcare representatives.

The two discussed the importance of conducting the polio campaign effectively during the pandemic.

Bill Gates also appreciated Pakistan's success against the novel coronavirus despite resource constraints. The army chief said the success was executed through the mechanism of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) which allowed optimisation of resources.

The co-chair reiterated his support to Pakistan in its goal of ending polio and improving the health of every child.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/225961...ss-pakistans-covid-19-response-polio-campaign

 

[Aspen]

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa spoke to Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Saturday to discuss the coronavirus situation and the resumption of the polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan,

Gates in his phone call conveyed his appreciation for the Pakistan Army for supporting the national polio drive and ensuring proper reach and coverage.

The army chief said it was a national cause and national effort for a polio-free Pakistan. “Credit goes to grassroots workers including mobile teams, Law Enforcement Agencies and healthcare representatives,” the army chief was quoted as saying by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The two also discussed the efforts needed to effectively conduct the polio campaign amidst the COVID-19 epidemic.

“Mr Gates also appreciated Pakistan’s success against COVID-19 despite resource constraints. COAS attributed the success to a true national response executed through the mechanism of NCOC which allowed optimisation of resources,” the military’s media wing said.

It added, “Mr Gates reiterated The Gates Foundation ongoing commitment to fight pandemics around the world and to support Pakistan in its goals of ending polio and improving health for every child.”

Nationwide polio campaign begins
A nationwide polio immunisation campaign was launched in the country on Thursday from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to vaccinate 34 million children under the age of five in 130 districts across the country.

The campaign will kick-start in Punjab and Sindh today and on August 17 in Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The campaign will be conducted following the successful resumption of polio activities in July 2020 after a four-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It is imperative that Pakistan continues its fight against polio with an already accessible, safe and widely used vaccine that has saved countless children from polio worldwide. I am hopeful that parents will continue to realize the importance of vaccinating their children during this campaign in August and help our nation ultimately end the threat of polio,” Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services said on the occasion.

As with the last campaign held in July, polio vaccinators will continue to adhere to stringent operating procedures while vaccinating children to protect themselves and families from COVID-19. Vaccinators have been trained ahead of the campaign to undertake prevention measures, including keeping a safe distance from children and families while administering drops and ensuring that parents themselves hold their children.

According to Dr Rana Safdar, Coordinator of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) of the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, the campaign in August would help Pakistan tackle increased virus transmission within hotspots of virus circulation across the nation.

“The August campaign is much bigger than the last campaign held in July, we are hoping to reach many more vulnerable children.

I was encouraged with the success of our last campaign, particularly how parents cooperated with vaccinators despite the COVID environment, and how our vaccinators followed the COVID safety precautions they were trained on," he said.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/302852-co...tans-response-to-polio-covid-19-in-phone-call

 

[ARMalik]

Seriously, what was COAS doing meeting this hated man bill gates?

 

[PradoTLC]

Seriously, what was COAS doing meeting this hated man bill gates?

finding new ways to infect the indians... with software virus..

 

[fisher1]

An army chief meets a bored billionaire.

This is the stuff of movies

 

[_NOBODY_]

Seriously, what was COAS doing meeting this hated man bill gates?

Why do you hate Bill Gates?

 

[ARMalik]

Why do you hate Bill Gates?

You really need to update yourself mate before asking this question. Thanks.

 

[ARMalik]

You really need to update yourself mate before asking this question. Thanks.

@Ivan .... You need to explain why you have given a negative rating? @The Eagle and @WebMaster if these are the level of people who are allowed to give ratings, then God help this Forum.

 

[Enigma SIG]

You really need to update yourself mate before asking this question. Thanks.

Ah, the eugenicist angle. I'm pretty sure parents with polio infected disabled children would like to disagree with your portrayal. You may disagree with his population control theory but really human nature has kept that in check since the dawn of mankind (war).

The industrial revolution and it's fruits has significantly increased life expectancy and considering hand to hand combat has since world war 2 been effectively non-existent, suffice to say that the current population growth rate of the planet is something the planet hasn't seen in its history.

However, all said, no one central figure/establishment/corporation has to be making decisions for the whole planet and if people want children, they shouldn't be in constant fear of anybody.

 

[ARMalik]

Ah, the eugenicist angle. I'm pretty sure parents with polio infected disabled children would like to disagree with your portrayal. You may disagree with his population control theory but really human nature has kept that in check since the dawn of mankind (war).

The industrial revolution and it's fruits has significantly increased life expectancy and considering hand to hand combat has since world war 2 been effectively non-existent, suffice to say that the current population growth rate of the planet is something the planet hasn't seen in its history.

However, all said, no one central figure/establishment/corporation has to be making decisions for the whole planet and if people want children, they shouldn't be in constant fear of anybody.

Listen friend, Bill Gates has a terrible reputation in Australia and a lot of Western countries. People just do not like or trust him. Now if you have a different opinion of him, then that is your choice. But the fact is that I and lot of other Aussies just DO NOT trust or like him.

 

[Enigma SIG]

Listen friend, Bill Gates has a terrible reputation in Australia and a lot of Western countries. People just do not like or trust him. Now if you have a different opinion of him, then that is your choice. But the fact is that I and lot of other Aussies just DO NOT trust or like him.

Each to his own and you may have your reasons. But considering polio has been eradicated in the world thanks to the polio vaccine, we'll take what we have since Polio is still ENDEMIC in Pakistan and we'd be more than happy to stop this disease dead in its tracks.

 

[ARMalik]

Each to his own and you may have your reasons. But considering polio has been eradicated in the world thanks to the polio vaccine, we'll take what we have since Polio is still ENDEMIC in Pakistan and we'd be more than happy to stop this disease dead in its tracks.

I can understand that there is this perception about polio eradication due to vaccines. But then the other side of the coin is that they have been many infant deaths, and many fold increase in Down Syndrome in little kids associated with the polio vaccines.

There is now a strong and growing section of the society in Australia who are against anything to do Bill gates due to his involvement with Corona Virus , and his deliberate release of Event 201 videos before the start of the Corona virus epidemic.