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Pakistan: 2015 Polio cases- 52 cases to date- significant drop in cases from last yr.

Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1170578/health-worker-killed-in-attack-on-polio-team


Health worker killed in attack on polio team
Anwarullah Khan ? Published 20 minutes ago

KHAR: A health worker was killed and another injured in an attack on a polio team in Bajaur tribal region along the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Officials of the political administration said the attack took place in Kamangara, 34km off here. Local people said that health workers escorted by the Levies personnel were going to administer vaccination drops in an area when they came under Kalashnikovs fire...
 
Source: http://www.aaj.tv/2015/03/three-victims-of-polio-team-attack-laid-to-rest/

Three victims of polio team attack laid to rest
Posted by: Web Desk, Uploaded: 18th March 2015

MANSEHRA: All three victims of polio team attack in Mansehra were laid to rest in their ancestral village while a large number of people from all segments of society were present in the funeral here on Wednesday.

According to details, the polio team members Kaneeza Nargas, Sitara Gull and Constable Mushtaq Ahmed were shot dead yesterday by unidentified miscreants in Galli Sheikhabad of Mansehra. The funeral of all three martyrs were held at their ancestral villages...
 
Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1173836/polio-case-reported-from-peshawar


Polio case reported from Peshawar
Ikram Junaidi ? Published about 13 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: The Polio Virology Laboratory of the National Institute of Health has confirmed a fresh polio case from Peshawar, taking the countrywide number to 21 in the first three months of this year.

?Though the one-and-a-half-year-old is a resident of Hayatabad in Peshawar, the patient is reported to have travelled frequently between Pakistan and Afghanistan,? sources said...
 
Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1177345/another-polio-case-detected-taking-the-toll-to-22-this-year



Another polio case detected, taking the toll to 22 this year
Ali Akbar ? Updated 12 minutes ago

PESHAWAR: A new polio case surfaced on Tuesday after the Chief Minister?s Polio Control Cell in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa confirmed that an eight-month-old boy was diagnosed with the deadly virus in Peshawar.

The polio monitoring cell confirmed that eight-month-old boy named Hazrat Ghani, resident of Sheikh Mohammadi area in Peshawar, was found affected with polio virus, taking the total number of such cases detected this year to 22...
 
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/880342/...ases-of-acute-flaccid-paralysis-being-tested/

Polio cases expected : Over 300 cases of acute flaccid paralysis being tested
By Umer Farooq
Published: May 3, 2015

PESHAWAR:
Although 22 polio cases have been confirmed in the country so far, the number is likely to increase since over 300 suspected polio cases are currently being processed by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad.

The samples were collected throughout April from patients suffering from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a condition characterised by a sudden onset of weakness of muscles and loss of muscle tone. AFP surveillance is the international standard for detecting cases of poliomyelitis in a population.

According to senior officials in the health department, the over 300 AFP cases were reported from across the country and stool samples are being processed at NIH to confirm polio. Therefore, there is a possibility that the number of cases in the country would increase...
 
Source: http://www.dnd.com.pk/polio-team-attacked-in-mardan-policeman-injured/92738

Polio team attacked in Mardan, policeman injured
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A police constable on duty to guard a polio team was injured in firing in Mardan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday.

The district police officer (DPO) Mardan said that the police constable Habibullah was with a polio team to provide security while the vaccination team was administering polio drops to children in the Tambulak area of Mardan.

But in the meantime, a gunman opened fire that left Habibullah injured. However, the attacker was also killed in retaliatory fire by another police constable...
 
Source: http://www.newspakistan.pk/2015/06/04/pakistan-finally-sees-major-decline-number-polio-cases/

Pakistan Finally Sees Major Decline in Number of Polio Cases
June 4th, 2015 by Hunain Naseer

According to health officials, Pakistan is witnessing an improvement in the polio crisis and the number of cases has declined this year.

This is mainly due to the military?s assistance in dispensing polio vaccines to far-flung areas, especially those which were inaccessible earlier due to militant groups.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has also reported that there have been 24 cases of polio since January this year, which translates to a decline of over 70 percent from last year, when the number was as high as 84.

Unfortunately, Pakistan is among the leading countries in terms of polio, and saw a record 306 cases of the disease last year...
 
Archive Page: http://www.emro.who.int/pak/information-resources/polio-weekly-bulletins-2014.html

Weekly AFP Surveillance Update Pakistan Week 21 (Ended on 30th May, 2015)
http://www.emro.who.int/images/stor...y_bulletins_2015/Week_21_May_30_2015.pdf?ua=1

1,723 total cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis. 1,473 non-Polio, 24 Wild Polio cases, 2 VDPV2, 113 inadequate cases, 113 pending.

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Fresh polio virus case detected in Quetta

By Mohammad ZafarPublished: July 2, 2015

QUETTA: Health officials on Thursday confirmed that a four-year-old boy has contracted the polio virus in Pashtunabad, on the outskirts of Quetta, taking the number of cases reported in Balochistan this year to four.

The latest case has pushed the tally to 26 in the whole country. According to an official of Emergency Operation Center (EOC), the 57-month-old Sharif Ullah had not received a single dose of the polio vaccine as his parents strongly opposed it due to religious reasons.
...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/913551/fresh-polio-virus-case-detected-in-quetta/
 
Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/916112/sixth-case-reported-in-peshawar/

Sixth case reported in Peshawar
By Our Correspondent
Published: July 7, 2015

PESHAWAR:

The number of polio cases in the country reached 27 with a poliovirus case confirmed in Peshawar on Monday. According to officials at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad, the case was confirmed from Mera Kachori, on the outskirts of the city...
 
Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1205680/two-new-polio-cases-reported-in-khyber-agency


Two new polio cases reported in Khyber Agency
Ali Akbar ? Published about 10 hours ago

PESHAWAR: Two new polio cases were been reported in Khyber Agency on Tuesday, taking the total number of registered polio cases in Pakistan this year to 32.

According to the Chief Minister's Polio Control Cell in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abdullah son of Mohibullah, a resident of a village in the Shah Khan Khel area of Landi Kotal, was confirmed to have polio virus.

Another case was confirmed by the cell in the Mastak Tehsil, where 18-month-old Sahar Gul was diagnosed with the crippling disease.

The cell said there are now 10 registered cases of polio in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, 13 in KP, five in Balochistan and four in Sindh...
 
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-339375-13-polio-cases-reported-in-KP-in-2015



13 polio cases reported in KP in 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
From Print Edition


PESHAWAR: Secretary Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mushtaq Jadoon on Wednesday said that the vigorous polio eradication campaigns achieved positive results and only 13 cases were reported in 2015 across the country.

Presiding over a meeting of polio eradication, he said that the last year 32 cases of polio were reported from different parts of the country. On the occasion, the officials of the Health Department briefed the Secretary about the upcoming four-day polio eradication campaign to be held from September 14. All arrangements have been finalized to vaccinate all the children under the age of five, they apprised...
 
New polio virus case emerges in Quetta

By Zafar BalochPublished: September 29, 2015

QUETTA: A new case of wild poliovirus type-1 emerged in Quetta o9n Tuesday bringing the total number of cases reported in Balochistan this year to six.

Health officials said the new case was detected in a three-year-old boy
...
The virus was detected in a toddler, Naqeebullah, who received seven drops for the virus, the spokesperson confirmed.

This is the fourth polio case reported in Quetta and the sixth in Balochistan this year.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/964355/new-polio-virus-case-emerges-in-quetta/
 
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-342930-Another-polio-case-reported-from-Peshawar


Another polio case reported from Peshawar
our correspondent
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
From Print Edition

PESHAWAR: Despite the hectic efforts by the national and international donor agencies, Peshawar on Tuesday reported another polio case, raising the total number of polio cases to 14 this year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Senior officials of the Health Department told The News that a 10-month old girl has been infected with poliovirus.

She fell sick on August 20 and her parents took her to a doctor. The doctor suspected her of polio victim and sent her samples to the National Institute of Health in Islamabad for investigation. The child belongs to Sheikhan Union Council in Town-IV, near the militancy-plagued Khyber Agency.

The government has not been able to conduct regular door-to-door polio campaign in most parts of Khyber Agency due to deteriorating security situation and clashes between the law-enforcement agencies and local tribal militants since 2009...
 
Finally WHO has published updates after a break of almost 3 months!!! http://www.emro.who.int/pak/information-resources/polio-weekly-bulletins-2015.html

The week 37 document is failing to load, so Up to Week 36; http://www.emro.who.int/images/stor...y_bulletins_2015/Week_36_Sep_12_2015.pdf?ua=1

Weekly AFP Surveillance Update Pakistan Week 36 (Ended on 12th September, 2015)

3,350 total cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis. 3,032 non-Polio, 32 Wild Polio cases, 3 VDPV2, 128 inadequate cases, 155 pending.

Pakistan.webp
 
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