EFTA Document EFTA01942619

To: Jeffrey Epsteinfleevacationagmail.comj From: Terje Rod-Larsen Sent Sun 12/29/2013 5:12:34 PM Subject: Fwd: brief assessment on polio pakistan Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Nasra Hassan Date: 29. desember 2013 17:00:05 GMT+01:00 To: Terje Rod-Larsen , Andrea Pfanzelter Subject: brief assessment on polio pakistan Terje, for your information & further to my confidential bullet points to you of 12 December 2013: 1. Increase in polio case: now up to 83, vs 58 in 2012; negative trend continues. 2. Frays: The pro-polio vaccination fatwa issued in Nov has, as expected, not elicited a response by the Taliban TTP. On the other hand, after 1-2 days of reporting by the national media, it has now been "sealed inside an envelope", in the words of an interlocutor. It should be given far wider & continuous local coverage -- IPI should work on this angle. 3. TIT's new front against the Govt on wino: the high profile recently adopted by Imran Khan (head of Justice Party, to whom BG wrote last May) visavis the polio eradication campaign (he administered drops & lashed out against the TTP for attacking health workers etc) has unfortunately had the opposite effect: while the TTP remained silent in the face of the fativa, and the attacks on polio health workers had decreased considerably over the summer into November, this high- profile public positioning is like a red rag to a bull. It has set off a vicious new cycle of bold attacks, not simply on health teams in the field -- yesterday 28 December, TTP stormed a govt hospital in Peshawar where anti-polio drops were being given and killed the supervisor. The quiet "softening" reported earlier has now disappeared. This opposite effect emphasizes the IPI position that polio- related efforts by politicians MUST be discreet and low-key. 4. Govt still not focused: At the political level, and within the upper food chain, there is still chaos and lack of focus -- this is where international efforts should be pursued -- not in the press! More later, let us talk on the phone when you are in the office, or call me at your convenience, n. Cell: + 43 664 202 4032 EFTA_R1_00402617 EFTA01942619