Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 295 cases total yr. to date

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 263 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...kers-tortured/

Two polio workers tortured
Lahore
2 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT


Two polio workers were tortured by a family while they were performing their duties in the Union Council No 9 of Ravi Road on Thursday.

According to details, Sunny and Tehseen were providing polio vaccine to the children of the Ravi Road area when members of a family started beating them up. On their complaint, the police reached the scene immediately and arrested two persons for torturing the polio workers...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 266 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...in-Balochistan


Polio disables another child in Balochistan
Our correspondent
Friday, November 28, 2014
From Print Edition

Islamabad: The National Institute of Health Thursday confirmed the 266th wild type-1 polio case in Pakistan...

...With this addition, the total number of polio cases in Balochistan now stands at 16. Fata tops the list with 163 cases, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (57 cases), Sindh (27 cases) and Punjab (3 cases).

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 266 cases total yr. to date

Weekly AFP Surveillance Update
Pakistan
Week 48 (Ended on 29th November, 2014)

http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/pakistan/documents/pak_documents/Polio/weekly_bulletins2014/Week_48_Nov_29_2014.pdf

4,317 cases of AFP reported to November 27th.
3,719 Non-Polio, 268 WPV, 23 cVDPV2, 18 compatible.
100 Inadequate cases pending classification by ERC;
103 Inadequate cases not due for FUP
86 Pending in the Lab



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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 268 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...n-balochistan/


Another polio case reported in Balochistan
8 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT
Children Vaccinated in Afghanistan

Another case of poliovirus was detected in an 18-month-old boy in Killa Abdullah district, raising the total number of cases in Balochistan to 17 this year.

A health official confirmed that poliovirus was detected in Noor Ahmed, a resident of Union Council Daman Ashazai, village New Abadi Bypass, Chaman tehsil...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 268 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...s-confirmed-2/


Six more polio cases confirmed
National
5 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT

One-day anti-polio drive launched in Peshawar, drive in Gilgit-Baltistan to begin today

Six new cases were reported by the Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health.

Four polio cases were reported from FATA and one each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. An 11-month-old boy and an 11-month-old girl of Jamrud tehsil, a 12-month-old boy of Wana, a 17-month-old girl from FR Bannu tehsil, an 18-month-old boy of Nowshera and an 18-month-old boy of Killa Abdullah were reported to have caught the virus...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 268 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://kdwn.com/2014/12/07/official-...d-in-pakistan/


Dec 7
Official: 4 new polio cases detected in Pakistan
KDWN

ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A health official in Pakistan says four new polio cases have been detected in the country, bringing the number of children affected by the crippling disease this year to 276.

Rana Mohammad Safdar, a senior official at the National Institute of Health in Islamabad, said Saturday the new cases were registered this week. He said most of the cases came from the northwest, where local militants often target polio teams...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 276 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.samaa.tv/health/08-Dec-20...rity-shot-dead

Two policemen on polio team security shot dead
21:14 Dec 08, 2014 Health

BUNER: Two policemen who were part of a security team for polio workers were found shot dead in a remote area of Buner district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Samaa reported Monday.

According to security officials, bodies of two policemen were recovered in Pir Baba area where they arrived to perform security duty for polio vaccinators...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 276 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30383763

9 December 2014 Last updated at 06:45 ET
Pakistan gunmen kill polio worker in Faisalabad

Gunmen in Pakistan have shot dead a polio vaccination worker in the north-eastern city of Faisalabad.

Attackers on a motorcycle fired six shots at the teacher, who was 40, in the People's Colony area, police say...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 276 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...e-total-to-283

Seven new polio cases take total to 283
Our correspondent
Sunday, December 14, 2014
From Print Edition

Islamabad: The Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed another seven wild type-1 polio cases in Pakistan here on Saturday. The country?s national count so far this year now stands at 283.

Fata presents the worst-case scenario with 173 cases, followed by Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa where 63 cases have been reported so far this year. While the situation is relatively under control in Punjab, where three cases have been confirmed during the year, Sindh and Balochistan are only 10 cases apart with 27 and 17 cases, respectively...

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 283 cases total yr. to date

Weekly AFP Surveillance Update
Pakistan
Week 48 (Ended on 06th December, 2014)

http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/pakistan/documents/pak_documents/Polio/weekly_bulletins2014/Week_49_Dec_06_2014.pdf?ua=1

4,405 cases of AFP reported to December 4th.
3,797 Non-Polio, 276 WPV, 23 cVDPV2, 18 compatible.
101 Inadequate cases pending classification by ERC;
110 Inadequate cases not due for FUP
80 Pending in the Lab



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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 287 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/nationa...-cases-surface

Four new polio cases surface
INP
December 18, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Four new polio cases surfaced in various parts of the country on Wednesday after which dead toll mounted to 287. According to National Institute of Health (NIH) four children including two from Balochistan and one each from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces were found affected with poliovirus...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 287 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...ace-in-quetta/


Two new polio cases surface in Quetta
National
4 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT

At least two more polio cases have been reported in Nasirabad and Killa Abdullah districts in Balochistan on Thursday mounting the count to 19 in the province...

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Re: Pakistan: 2014 Polio cases- Cases Rising- 287 cases total yr. to date

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...ed-in-larkana/


Polio case detected in Larkana
National
2 hours ago BY PPI

A polio case in Larkana was detected on Friday, reliable sources told the news agency.

A 13-month boy, Din Muhammad, son of Majid Ali Chandio, resident of village Drabhi Chandio of Union Council Ratokot, district Larkana, has been hit by polio.

The sources said despite administration of 12 doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and three routine doses of OPV plus nine doses to the child during special anti-polio campaigns, he has been confirmed affected by polio.

Vaccination card of the child is also available with the parents. The child at present was on anti-TB treatment. The story raises serious questions about the efficacy of the vaccine or may be that child is imminocompromised: unable to respond to vaccine...

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Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014...balochistan-2/

Two more polio cases reported in Balochistan
National
5 hours ago BY STAFF REPORT
Two new polio cases were reported from Balochistan?s Killa Abdullah and Pishin districts on Saturday, raising the tally to 21 in the province.
Sources in the provincial health department said that two more children have become victims of the crippling disease.
New victims were identified as 17-month-old Hafsa from Karbala Pishin and 13-month-old Inayatullah from Killa Abdullah district. Health sources termed refusal on the part of parents as the underlying reason behind the recent emergence of polio cases in the province.

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Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...ase-in-Larkana

Another polio case in Larkana
our correspondent
Monday, December 22, 2014
From Print Edition


SUKKUR: One more polio case has been detected in Larkana. Officials of the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) confirmed that a 13-month-old baby had been tested positive for the crippling polio virus...