The simultaneous scaling back of the local-government system, along with the divisive politics of coalition governments in Pakistan’s fragile democracy, continues to undermine implementation of the polio eradication program. The resulting shortcomings in the country’s provincial health systems have manifested themselves not just in the inability to eradicate polio, but also in a recent measles outbreak, which has killed more than 300 children.
缩减地方政府系统和巴基斯坦脆弱的民主制度的联合政府的政治分裂的同时发生继续阻碍着消灭小儿麻痹症项目的实施。由此导致的巴基斯坦邦级卫生体系的缺陷暴露无遗——不但体现在无法消灭小儿麻痹症上，也体现在夺走300多名儿童生命的最新的麻疹大爆发上。