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Measles outbreak : Two children die in Shikarpur
By Our Correspondent
Published: February 3, 2016
SUKKUR:
Two children reportedly died of measles in Garhi Tegho village of Khanpur taluka district in Shikarpur on Monday, but health authorities are not ready to admit the casualties...
...Besides, around 10 children are suffering from the disease in nearby villages...
Paediatricians warn of possible measles outbreak
By M Waqar Bhatti
April 20, 2016
Almost two dozen deaths have been reported across the province this year, half of them in Karachi
Karachi
As many as two dozen children have died in the province with around half of them in Karachi, from measles and related complications, so far this year, health officials and paediatricians claimed on Tuesday.
?Cases of measles are increasing in Karachi for the past two to three months and there have also been several deaths,? acting Director Health Karachi Abdul Shakoor Abbasi told The News.
In fact, according to the Pakistan Paediatric Association, measles cases are on the rise in Karachi and between 30 and 40 cases are reported in various public and private hospitals with related complications that include pneumonia...
Punjab feels for measles-hit Sindh, KP
May 03, 2016
LAHORE - Advisor to CM on Health Kh Salman Rafiq chaired a meeting of Steering Committee on EPI at Directorate General Health Services yesterday to review routine immunization coverage.
The participants expressed concerns over measles outbreak in Sindh and KP and suggested measures for its control in Punjab...
...The meeting was informed that more than 3,000 cases of measles have so far been reported in Sindh and 1,900 in KP. The meeting was informed that 58 measles cases have also been reported in Punjab...
May 14, 2016
Measles outbreak in Tangi
Doctor asks government to declare emergency
By our correspondent
CHARSADDA: Several children were hospitalized as measles broke out in the remote areas of the district, sources said on Friday. The sources said several children were taken to hospitals in Gandhri, Zyam, Umarzai, Mandani, Harichand and Abazai localities of Tangi tehsil after the measles outbreak.Some children were taken to Peshawar and private clinics due for lack of facilities at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital...
BANNU: Death toll rose to 24 as three more children died of measles in the district on Friday, official sources said.
They said that measles broke out in remote parts of the district three days ago. Three more kids identified as Senan, Majid and Mir Nawas, residents of Mandan area, died of the disease...
The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Deadly disease: Boy dies of measles in Bannu
By Our Correspondent
Published: June 9, 2016
BANNU:
A boy died of measles after his condition deteriorated in Bannu on Thursday. At least 26 children have died of measles in less than a week in the area, health officials stated...
Measles outbreak declared in Khyber Agency
August 8, 2016
By: Samaa Web Desk
PESHAWAR: Health authorities in FATA have officially declared an outbreak of measles in Bar Qamber Khail area Tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency after completion of investigation over growing number of cases of the disease and the death of a patient in Hayatabad Medical Complex.
According to a press release issued here on Monday, Director Health Services (DHS) FATA Dr. Jawad Habib Khan had called for outbreak investigation and assigned assessment team on August 6th 2016, in response to media reports of measles cases in Qayum Khel Village of Bar Qamber Khail, Tehsil Bara, Khyber Agency...
Outbreak: Three children contract measles in Mohmand Agency
By Our Correspondent
Published: September 7, 2016
SHABQADAR:
At least three children have contracted measles in Safi tehsil, Mohmand Agency on Tuesday.
A health official has confirmed the development. ?Three children of Irfan, a resident of Shewa Farsh, Safi tehsil, have been afflicted with measles,? he told The Express Tribune.
According to the official, another child, identified as Rizwan, was rushed to a hospital in Peshawar in critical condition after he contracted measles. The health official said there are no vaccines for measles at basic health units in Safi...
Around 398 cases of diphtheria, 9,000 cases of measles reported in KP, FATA
By: By Wisal Mashal
27-Nov-16
...more than 9,000 cases of measles were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) this year... About the measles cases in the province reported in 2016 he said that the numbers were alarming as around 9,000 suspected measles cases were reported across the province. He informed that most affected district in measles cases were Peshawar although Peshawar is the capital of the province but the district were reported around 2,600 measles cases.
Similarly in district Charsadda around 1,000 cases, D.I. Khan 700 cases, Nowshera 400 cases and Swat has 450 measles cases, adding that other district were also reported measles cases...
Four children die of measles outbreak in Shangla
Umar Bacha ? Published about 5 hours ago
Four children died Friday after a measles outbreak was reported in Koz Kana, a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Shangla district, raising the death toll to 11 in the last four days, Dawn reported.
Locals fear the disease might be spreading to other parts of the district and that a lack of vaccines at the District Headquarters Hospital is making matters worse.
Dr Shafi ul Mulk, a health department official, confirmed that there is a shortage of measles vaccines...
Nine children die as measles epidemic hits Balochistan
By Muhammad Zafar
Published: December 24, 2016
QUETTA:
At least nine children, including four girls, died as a new wave of measles hit Balochistan?s Zhob district on Saturday.
District Vice Chairman Zhob district Maulvi Jarullah said that the disease broke out in the Tansara Union Council and affected the areas of Bayan Zai, Zakariya Zai and Kakshaim. Immediate measures are required to contain the epidemic, he added...
Health threat: Nine children dead in Zhob measles outbreak
By Mohammad Zafar
Published: December 25, 2016
QUETTA:
Nine children infected by the recent measles outbreak in Zhob have died, the district?s vice chairman Molvi Jarullah confirmed on Saturday. The victims were aged between 6 and 7 years old. Four of them were girls.
The deaths came a day after five children were killed in the Awaran district due to the outbreak...
Three kids die of measles in Allah Warayo Solangi, Sindh
Karachi
6 hours ago BY PPI
Three kids died of measles in village Allah Warayo Solangi, recently. With the news highlighting the issue, the health authorities woke up from their deep slumbers and vaccinated as many as 564 children in the three affected villages. The kids who died include two-year Rukhsana, daughter of Oshaque Kurio, six-year Zoya, daughter of Deedar Khokhar, and four-year Sartaj, son of Muhammad Khan Khokhar...
2 children die of measles
By Webmaster -
January 10, 2017
Rafiullah Mandokhail
Zhob
Two children suffering from measles lost their lives, while dozen others affected in mountainous area of the district on Monday.
According to details, two children suffering from measles died while dozen others affected in Wala Shahal area of Sherani district. Officials of the health department have confirmed the death in far-flung mountainous areas that lack health facilities. They were identified as two-year-old Ayesha and three-year-old Fatima...
Three kids die of measles in Heleemzai
By: Staff Report
25-Jan-17
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PESHAWAR: Three children died of measles in Heleemzai tehsil of Mohmand Agency due to outbreak of the disease in the area.
The local people said the deceased children include eight-year-old son of Kamran, hailing from Barokhel area, Abdur Rehman, hailing from Babikhel, and another child from Ghazi Kor.
The children of Mehroban Shah and Rahim Shah also died of measles in Jamakhel village, situated near the Pak-Afghan border, 25 days ago...
Measles outbreak in Ghotki claims one life
By Our Correspondent
Published: January 31, 2017
SUKKUR:
Hundreds of children in Ghotki and its surrounding areas have been infected with measles and, so far, one death has been confirmed. Most parents are either taking their ailing children to private hospitals or resorting to traditional healing.
So far only one casualty has been reported from Jhando Sanghar village ? four-year-old Rizwan Ali Sanghar...
Measles claim lives of at least eight children in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district
Syed Ali Shah
Published about 5 hours ago
Measles has claimed the lives of at least eight children in Balochistan?s Killa Abdullah district during the past week.
At least 40 other children are suffering from the disease in the Killi Habibzai and Machka area of the district, said Secretary Health Balochistan Asmatullah Kakar.
Emergency has been declared in the affected villages and anti-measles teams were dispatched to vaccinate the affected children, said the health secretary...
Measles outbreak claims 10 lives in Umerkot
National
2 hours ago BY Agencies
Health officials confirm six deaths in a gypsy tribe
A measles outbreak has so far claimed lives of 10 children aged up to 12 years in a village populated by a gypsy community in Umerkot district, a private TV channel reported.
However, the health authorities have confirmed six deaths while dozens of other children are being treated to recover from the viral disease. Hailing from Sabhri Mitho Jogi village, the victims were identified as Ramchand, Lachmi Jogi, Pooja Jogi, Veeram Jogi, Padma Jogi and Devi Jogi, among four others.
?Six children are believed to have died to measles,? said Dr Karmoon Mal, the district health officer...
