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Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

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Preventable viral diseases: Boy, 6, dies of measles
By Our CorrespondentsPublished: January 20, 2013

GUJRANWALA:
A six-year-old boy died of measles on Friday, bringing the district death toll to eight this season. Three of the child?s siblings were also admitted to the hospital with symptoms of the viral infection.
The deceased was identified as Sikandar Ali, son of Tariq Mehmood, a resident of Gulzar Colony. Mehmood said that he had admitted three of his children ? Laraib, Fatima and Manahil ? to the hospital after Sikandar?s death. He said Sikandar had developed symptoms a week ago. Mehmood took him to a doctor in the neighbourhood but said that his condition continued to worsen.
There were unconfirmed reports that measles had also been diagnosed in children from Naushera Sansi, Ferozewala, Mian Sansi and Girjakh.
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/496321/preventable-viral-diseases-boy-6-dies-of-measles/

Health care: The measles muddle
by Maryam Murtaza Sadriwala | From InpaperMagzine | 9 hours ago 0


With sinking hearts one watched as every day of December brought with it news of children falling prey to measles ? an infection of the respiratory system caused by Mobilliviruses. One hundred children died in the month of December 2012 alone.

Pakistanis were left aghast as 14,587 children were affected from the preventable disease of measles in the country during the year out of which 7,145 children were affected from Sindh only. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that a staggering number of over 300 innocent children lost their lives to measles in the country in the year 2012 which is a five-fold increase from 2011.

The brunt of these casualties rests on the province of Sindh alone where three quarters of these deaths were reported. To counter this, the Health Minister of Sindh declared a crash programme for administering the measles vaccine in January 2013 which claims to have reached some 2.9 million children in the eight worst hit districts of Sindh through 425 fixed centres and 997 mobile teams. The next booster is due to be administered in February.
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http://dawn.com/2013/01/20/health-care-the-measles-muddle/
 
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Source: http://www.thefrontierpost.com/news/16343/

Sindh: Measles toll crosses 460
Posted on 2013-01-20 23:34:52

LARKANA: The deadly measles disease has brought a wave of trouble across the Sindh province as the death toll reached over 460 across the province.

The deadly disease has taken away the lives of four more children in Kamber-Shahdadkot and Jacobabad districts within 24 hours, sources said...
 
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Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\01\21\story_21-1-2013_pg13_5

Monday, January 21, 2013
1,300 cases, three deaths from measles reported in Punjab

* Health Department says vaccination against disease available ?in bulk? in city hospitals

LAHORE: Around 13,00 cases of measles have been reported in different parts of Punjab, mostly in Lahore, during the current surveillance drive.

However, Director Health Services for EPI Punjab Dr Tanveer Ahmad said that ?only? three deaths were reported due to measles ? one in Gujranwala and two in Rajanpur. On investigation, it was found that the deceased boy in Gujranwala had been vaccinated ?but due to some reasons, his immunity could not be developed?, Ahmad said...
 
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Measles has claimed seven lives so far: official

January 22, 2013 MUHAMMAD SALEEM 0 Comments
In the wake of growing threats of measles outbreak, the Punjab government has taken necessary steps to ensure proper medical care of affected patients apart from checking further spread of the disease through strict monitoring and vaccination.

As per guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO), a mop up campaign in the areas from where measles cases are being reported is underway, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said. As many as 1476 measles cases have been reported during the current year (2012-13) in Punjab, whereas seven suspected deaths have occurred, one each at Gujranwala and Kasur, while five deaths have been reported at Rajanpur, sources said.
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http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1146238/

Measles data (to Jan 12) from the latest Epidemiological Bulletin;
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefwe...kly-Epidemiological-Bulletin-02-16012013r.pdf

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Punjab measles death toll rises to 9
Posted on 2013-01-23 16:43:53

LAHORE: A one-year-old child who had been suffering from measles died in Lahore on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the current outbreak in Punjab to nine, FP News desk reported.

The child passed away in Lahore?s Children?s Hospital where he had been admitted for treatment.

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http://www.thefrontierpost.com/news/16590/
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/497920/measles-four-die-in-north-waziristan/

Measles: Four die in North Waziristan
By Our Correspondent
Published: January 23, 2013

MIRAMSHAH:

Four more children have died of measles within a week, the Medical Superintendent of the Miramshah district headquarters hospital Dr Muhammad Ali told newsmen on Tuesday.

The epidemic has claimed lives of more than 20 children in the agency. The recent deaths follow widespread immunisation...
 
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Pakistan records 103 child measles deaths in 19 days: WHO

January 23

" More than 100 children have died of measles in Pakistan this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, calling it "an alarming outbreak."

"Some 103 Pakistani children have died from Jan 1 to Jan 19 this year because of the post-measles complications such as pneumonia, post-measles encephalitis and diarrhoea," WHO spokeswoman Maryam Yunus told AFP.

Sixty-three of the cases occurred in the southern province of Sindh, which was hit by severe flooding in 2010, 2011 and 2012...".
 
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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/498137/...-two-months-measles-continue-to-spread-havoc/

With nearly 500 deaths in two months, measles continue to spread havoc
By Sarfaraz Memon
Published: January 24, 2013

SUKKUR: The death toll from the nearly two-month-old measles outbreak has reached 485 according to unofficial statistics, yet there are parts of Sindh where the vaccine has yet to reach.

During a meeting on Tuesday night at Sukkur circuit house, adviser to chief minister on relief Halim Adil Shaikh told The Express Tribune that there are some desert belts of Sukkur where the vaccinators have not reached. The health workers have been allocated four-wheelers and have nearly Rs3.4 million at their disposal, but their performance has been very poor, he felt...
 
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Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-156522-15-new-cases-of-measles


15 new cases of measles
our correspondent
Sunday, January 27, 2013
From Print Edition

LAHORE: The number of patients suffering from measles is on the rise, as about 15 new patients of measles have been admitted to different public sector hospitals of Lahore on Saturday, which brought the total number of patients to 147 in Lahore...
 
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Pneumonia, measles death toll climbs to 47 in Upper Dir

our correspondent
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

"DIR: The death toll of children from pneumonia and measles in Kohistan area of Upper Dir district increased from 25 to 47 as a team of health officials returned from the remote area on Monday. Executive District Officer (EDO Health) Dr Abdul Wakeel confirmed 47 deaths from the outbreaks that hit Thal, Kumrat and Lamoti areas of Dir Kohistan. He said the most of the areas were inaccessible due to snowfall. He feared the deaths could be more than what they had recorded. ?We faced problems in ascertaining the exact number of the deaths caused by post-measles pneumonia due to snow that has covered the mountainous areas,? he said.

The disease could have been caused by severe cold weather in the area that is situated 105 kilometres away from Dir town, the district headquarters. He said the area had also been affected by measles...".
 
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Source: http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=85831

32 measles deaths reported in Balochistan: Health department
January 29, 2013 - Updated 2010 PKT

QUETTA: Manager Expanded Program on Immunization Doctor Anwar said that 32 deaths from measles were reported in Balochistan...
 
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Measles epidemic hits Islamabad!

STAFF REPORT 8 hrs ago |

ISLAMABAD - The number of measles affected children is rising day by day in government run hospitals of federal capital. It has been learnt that 4 to 5 affected kids were being admitted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) while score of children were being examined in OPD on daily basis.
In PIMS four more children between the ages of three to four years old coming from Bara Kahu, Tarlie and Pind Paria were admitted in the isolation ward while since the beginning of January, 42 children have been admitted to the isolation ward.
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Maryam Yunus, of the World Health Organisation (WHO), said 103 children had died from complications of measles, such as pneumonia or diarrhoea, between January 1 and 19.
The worst hit province was Sindh, she said, which recorded 63 deaths and which was very badly affected by floods in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
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http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/30/city/islamabad/measles-epidemic-hits-islamabad/
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.thefrontierpost.com/news/17034/

Two more children die of measles in Lahore
Posted on 2013-01-30 13:05:08

LAHORE, Jan 30 (NNI): Two more children have died of measles here, making the death toll to 13 in Punjab.

Despite all claims of controlling the disease by the Punjab government, the children are dying of measles here...
 
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Measles claims infant?s life

January 30, 2013

"A five-month-old child died of measles in the provincial metropolis on Tuesday taking the death toll in the current outbreak in Lahore to three.


The child, Hasnain Qaiser, passed away at Mayo Hospital where he had been admitted for treatment. Meanwhile, as many as 40 new patients of measles have been admitted to different hospitals of the provincial metropolis on Tuesday."
 
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Source: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=193874

Four kids die of measles in Maidan, several hospitalised
Rival group rejects Lower Dir PTI intra-party elections
M. Haleem Asad

Thursday, January 31, 2013 - Timergara?Four children including two of the same family in Kurshong and Utala villages of Maidan died of Measles? complication while several others have been hospitalized; residents and hospital sources told on Wednesday. One Amjad, 7, her sister Roma, 5, children of Amirzada; Raziat, 6, daughter of Shah Zamin and a daughter of Ziarat Gul died after suffering from Measles for some days. Several other children in Balu Khan, Kurshong and Utala had been suffering from the disease that had proven epidemic in parts of the Dir Upper district...
 
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