Afghanistan- 2017 Polio

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Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20..._136612694.htm

WHO reports new polio case in Afghanistan
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-15 19:03:52|
Editor: Song Lifang

KABUL, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The infectious poliomyelitis disease is yet to be completely uprooted in militancy- hit Afghanistan as the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported one new virus from southern Zabul province on Friday.

The regional reference laboratory released a report on one new wild poliovirus (WPV1) case in August 2017, from Arghandab district of Zabul province that brings the total number of WPV1 cases in 2017 to six across the country, the organization said on its website...

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Source: https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/10/1...nangarhar-girl


Peshawar poliovirus infects Nangarhar girl
By Yousuf Zarifi
On Oct 13, 2017 - 12:38

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A girl child from Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province has been diagnosed with poliovirus, an official said on Friday, claiming the virus had traveled from Peshawar.

Public Health Department spokesman Inamullah Miakhel told Pajhwok the virus did not match with samples from local sewage system but those of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan?s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

He said an uncle of the girl was living in Peshawar and the family visited there frequently...

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Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20..._136837138.htm


Polio cases reach 12 in Afghanistan so far this year
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-19 13:34:57|Editor: Chengcheng

KABUL, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of polio cases recorded in Afghanistan has risen to 12 this year with a new confirmed case in last week, a local newspaper, Daily Outlook Afghanistan, reported on Tuesday.

One case of wild polio virus was detected in Shah Wali Kot district, southern Kandahar province in last week, bringing to five the number of the polio virus cases in Kandahar and the nationwide number total to 12 in the outgoing year, the report said...

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Source: http://menafn.com/1096252617/Afghani...ikot-this-year

Afghanistan- 4 positive polio cases surface in Shah Walikot this year
Date
12/19/2017 11:19:19 AM

(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province is considered the most dangerous area for infantile paralysis as of the total 12 positive polio cases surfacing this year four were detected in the district.

Many areas of the district are under 's control and as a result polio vaccination could not reach children over the past few months.

UNICEF Polio Eradication Program spokesman, Sayed Kamal Shah, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 12 positive polio cases had so far surfaced in the entire country this year.

'Of the cases, five cases were found in Kandahar, including four in Shah Walikot and one in Kandahar city, the provincial capital. Two cases emerged in Helmand (one in Nawzad and one in Nehar-i-Siraj districts. One positive case occurred in Zabul, three in Batikot district of Nangarhar, and one in Kunduz.' ...