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Pakistan Polio 2013- 85 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 70 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 70 cases to date

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/641191/...s-pakistan-tops-list-with-72-cases-this-year/

Polio-endemic countries: Pakistan tops list with 72 cases this year
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: December 5, 2013

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan has again lost the battle against polio this year with 72 cases reported in the country so far, surpassing Nigeria which reported 50 cases and Afghanistan where only nine cases surfaced.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), last week Pakistan reported six polio cases while Afghanistan and Nigeria did not report any. Comparing the number of polio cases reported last year in Pakistan which were 57 with this year?s 72, it is clear that despite the tall claims made by the government, the battle is far from over...

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Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1060481/four-month-old-polio-victim-dies-in-pakistan


Four-month old polio victim dies in Pakistan
Asif Mahmood
Published 2013-12-04 21:26:47

KARACHI: A four-month old baby suffering from the endemic polio virus has died in Pakistan, doctors and health officials said Wednesday.

The death underscores the problems in eradicating polio in Pakistan, one of only three countries in the world where the highly infectious crippling disease remains endemic.

The death of Amna, a four-month old infant, took place in the low-income locality of Baldia Town in Karachi, the country?s largest city and commercial hub...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/641375/...rachi-primed-for-explosive-outbreak-says-who/

The paralysing poliovirus: Karachi primed for explosive outbreak, says WHO
By Noman Ahmed
Published: December 5, 2013

KARACHI:

The emergence of two poliovirus cases in Karachi within 24 hours has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to signal that the city is likely to head towards an ?explosive polio outbreak?.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad confirmed to The Express Tribune on Wednesday that eight-month-old Ghulam Mustafa was the fifth confirmed poliovirus sufferer from Karachi, raising the number of this year?s victims in the country to 73...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1060850/most-victims-of-polio-virus-are-pakhtuns


Most victims of polio virus are Pakhtuns
Hassan Mansoor
Published 2013-12-06 07:40:03

KARACHI, Dec 5: The proposed joint efforts by Pakistan and Afghanistan to eradicate polio failed to take off in the border areas because of refusal by most volunteers to carry out vaccination there in view of the threat posed by militants.

The hyped programme conceived in the beginning of the year was designed to target key regions which accounted for up to 80 per cent of polio cases in the country.

Officials say Pakistan?s Pakhtuns, who resist polio immunisation campaigns citing religious and other reasons, fall prey to the crippling disease in large numbers. Pakhtuns, hailing from the tribal areas in the northwest or Karachi in the south, pay heavily due to their frequent refusal to get their children vaccinated against polio...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/642175/whisked-away-chief-polio-paramedic-kidnapped/

Whisked away: Chief polio paramedic kidnapped
By Our Correspondents
Published: December 7, 2013

PESHAWAR / SWAT:

The in charge of polio vaccination teams in Masho Khel and Sheikhan, Olas Khan, was kidnapped by armed militants within the limits of Badhaber police station on Friday night.

Residents told The Express Tribune the paramedic was posted at a basic health unit in Sheikhan village. He was at home, which also operated as a clinic, when unidentified armed men barged in and took him hostage. The residents added that the suspects came in two cars and parked at a distance. The police reached the scene of crime 30 minutes after the incident by which time the kidnappers had fled with the hostage...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 73 cases to date

Weekly
AFP Surveillance Update
Pakistan
Week 49 (Ended on 7th December, 2013)
http://www.emro.who.int/images/stor...o/weekly_bulletin2013/Week_49_Dec_07_2013.pdf

4,178 total AFP cases to December 9th with 74 confirmed wild polio, 44 cVDPV2 2 cases are labeled as "compatible" and 361 cases pending.

Latest cases (for older cases see post #79 above or link)
PakPolio.webp
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 74 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 74 cases to date

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25325097


10 December 2013 Last updated at 12:44 ET
Pakistan cleric Maulana Sami ul-Haq backs polio campaign

A prominent religious seminary in Pakistan has backed polio vaccinations, saying they are not un-Islamic.

The decree was issued by the school's head, Maulana Sami ul-Haq, who urged parents to immunise their children...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 74 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 74 cases to date

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-27266-Two-cops-polio-worker-killed-in-Swabi-Jamrud

Two cops, polio worker killed in Swabi, Jamrud
our correspondents
Saturday, December 14, 2013
From Print Edition

SWABI/ JAMRUD: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two policemen and a polio worker in two separate attacks in the Swabi district and Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber Agency on Friday.

Police said the armed men killed two cops near the district headquarters in Swabi when they were on their way to escort the anti-polio vaccinators.?The policemen were deputed to escort the anti-polio team in Topi Tehsil, but they came under attack in the Ghaziabad area on the Swabi-Topi Road,? a police official said...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 75 cases to date

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 75 cases to date

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/645968/another-polio-case-reported-in-nwa/

Another polio case reported in NWA
By Our Correspondent
Published: December 16, 2013

PESHAWAR:

Another polio case has surfaced in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), confirmed National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad on Sunday.

Twelve-month-old Nasir Khan, a resident of Toor Tanga village in Miranshah, has been diagnosed with polio virus, type-1 strain.

This is the second polio case reported from the agency in the first fifteen days of December; NWA, considered to be the most volatile in the tribal areas, is near impossible for polio teams to access...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- another polio worker murdered

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- another polio worker murdered

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/648702/polio-supervisor-gunned-down-in-khyber-agency/

Polio supervisor gunned down in Khyber Agency
By Amirzada Afridi
Published: December 21, 2013

JAMRUD: The supervisor of an anti-polio vaccinations campaign in Jamrud tehsil was gunned down by unknown militants in his office on Saturday morning.

An official of the political administration Asmatullah Wazir said two masked militants on motorbikes parked barged into the supervisor Ghilaf Khan?s office and told the women and children present to leave.

?The women and children ran away and vacated the office,? he explained.

The official added that one of the militants opened fire at the supervisor and then managed to escape. Residents of the area rushed the injured to the Jamrud Civil Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- volunteer polio workers withdraw from Khyber Agency

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- volunteer polio workers withdraw from Khyber Agency

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/649383/...volunteers-pull-out-in-wake-of-latest-murder/


The Express Tribune

Vulnerable Khyber Agency: Polio volunteers pull out in wake of latest murder
By Asad Zia
Published: December 23, 2013


PESHAWAR: Volunteer polio vaccinators have backed away from the next immunisation drive in Khyber Agency after the murder of anti-polio campaign supervisor Ghilaf Khan on Saturday in Jamrud. Without their assistance, thousands of children will remain unprotected against the crippling virus...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- volunteer polio workers withdraw from Khyber Agency

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- volunteer polio workers withdraw from Khyber Agency

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-5-222475-Plan-evolved-after-polio-virus-found-in-sewers


Plan evolved after polio virus found in sewers
Our Correspondent
Thursday, December 26, 2013
From Print Edition

LAHORE

ADVISER to Punjab Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq has said that after detection of polio virus in sewers of Lahore, a special action plan has been evolved for 66 high risk union councils of the city...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- polio worker murdered at a hospital

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 77 cases to date- polio worker murdered at a hospital

Source: http://www.pakistantribune.com.pk/8348/polio-worker-gunned-peshawar-hospital.html

Polio Worker Gunned Down in Peshawar Hospital
Posted by: Humaima Malik December 28, 2013 0

Peshawar: Anonymous armed assailants opened fire in a hospital here on Saturday, killing a polio worker and injuring two others.

According to police, the gunmen stormed into Peshawar?s Matni Hospital and resorted to indiscriminate shooting. Resultantly, a polio worker, identified as Zahid Gul, was killed on the spot while two of his fellow workers sustained severe injuries...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 82 cases to date- more polio worker attacks

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 82 cases to date- more polio worker attacks

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/652183/polio-threat-five-new-cases-surface-in-fata/

Polio threat: Five new cases surface in FATA, attacks continue
By Our Correspondent / Web Desk
Published: December 29, 2013

PESHAWAR / QUETTA: A total of five new cases of polio surfaced in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Saturday.

A health department official confirmed the number of cases and said four of the cases were reported from North Waziristan Agency and one from South Waziristan Agency.

The infected children from North Waziristan were identified as 10-month-old Israr, 18-month-old Dilshad, 18-month-old Nabila and 24-month-old Shahidullah.

In South Waziristan, 12-month-old Kainat Bibi was infected with the virus.

The health official said anti-polio vaccine was not administered to these children.

Polio worker attacked

A female anti-polio worker and a child were injured in a grenade attack in Pashtunabad area on the outskirts of Quetta, Express News reported Sunday.

This is the latest incident in the continued attacks on anti-polio workers in the country...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 82 cases to date- more polio worker attacks

Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 82 cases to date- more polio worker attacks

Source: http://www.nation.com.pk/karachi/31-Dec-2013/83-polio-cases-reported-across-pakistan

83 polio cases reported across Pakistan
December 31, 2013
Our Staff Reporter

KARACHI - As many as 83 polio cases have been reported across Pakistan since January 2013, said Sindh Additional Secretary Health Dr Masood Ahmed Solangi.

Dr Solangi said a total of 83 polio cases had been reported in Pakistan this year so far, out of which seven cases were reported in Sindh, six in Punjab, 10 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 60 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)...
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 85 cases to date

Source: http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/65568/One-more-polio-case-surfaces-in-Karachi/

One more polio case surfaces in Karachi
Posted on 2014-01-01 01:15:16


MONITORING DESK KARACHI: One more fresh case of polio has been reported in Karachi with the beginning of New Year, thus, proving that the virus has not been eradicated completely in the country, Local TV reported Wednesday...

...It may be mentioned that a total number of 85 polio cases were reported in the year 2013.
 
Re: Pakistan Polio 2013- 85 cases to date

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/653463/two-new-polio-cases-take-2013s-total-count-to-85/

Two new polio cases take 2013's total count to 85
By Web Desk
Published: January 1, 2014

KARACHI: With polio-virus strains in Pakistan landing the country in trouble having found its way to Syria and slapped with travel restrictions in India, two new wild type-1 cases of polio were confirmed on Wednesday, to bring the country?s 2013 total to 85, according to a World Health Organisation spokesperson.

The first case confirmed on Wednesday was that of a 13 month old male infant, Atif Ullah s/o Khan Sahib, a resident of area Shaktoi, village Aba Khel Mandau, South Waziristan agency. He never received the vaccination.

The second polio patient was Fatima d/o Mehmood Gul, a 12-month old girl from Madina Colony near Sabzi Mandi, UC-5 Gadap Town, Karachi...
 
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