Iraq: case of polio confirmed in Baghdad

[Gert van der Hoek]

googletranslation

Exclusive: Iraq is the first case of polio in 14 years

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 Time: 10:20

News Network Nasiriyah / Alaa al-Tai:

Sources healthy for registration infected with polio in the capital Baghdad, is the first recorded in the country 14 years ago.

manager said reinforcements Health in the Department of Health Dhi Qar Riad Mktov Mohammed said in a statement singled out by the network news Nasiriyah, The capital, Baghdad, recorded the first confirmed cases of polio.
, and pointed out that the injury came in spite of vaccination campaigns broad and focused against the disease in all governorates of Iraq.

between the Department of Health Dhi Qar has its part to take several preventive measures and awareness to prevent injury in the province , and through direct all principals health sectors on the hard work and do not leave any child without vaccination.

, and pointed out that the precautionary measures emphasized the need to prosecute out-of vaccines prior to keep the province free and immune from the disease.

explained that Dhi Qar vaccinated so far, 316 000 children Within the first round, which ended in early March, at the start of the second round beginning next April.

It should be noted that Iraq has not seen since 2000, and so far, no the disease, while not recorded in the Dhi Qar any infection of the disease since 1998.
(h UTC)

Nasiriyah

thanks to Helen Branswell

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Iraq: case of polio confirmed in Baghdad

21 03 2014

Further evidence of regional spread was confirmed this week by notification of a WPV1 case from Iraq, the first polio case in the country since 2000.　

The case, a six-month old boy from Baghdad who had not been immunized, developed paralysis on 10 February 2014.　

Genetic sequencing indicates the virus is most closely related to virus detected in Syria.　 WPV1 was also isolated from the child’s three-year old sister, who did not develop symptoms.　 Prospects for rapidly controlling this event are positive, as Iraq has been part of a regional Middle East emergency outbreak response since confirmation of polio in the Syrian Arab Republic was received in October 2013.　 In response, all countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, in a joint resolution, declared polio eradication to be an emergency, calling for support in negotiating and establishing access to those children who are currently unreached with polio vaccination.　In Iraq, since October 2013, two nationwide immunization campaigns and three subnational campaigns have been conducted, achieving overall high quality.

Approximately 95 percent of children were reported to have been reached during each campaign, though coverage has varied by area.　 WHO and UNICEF estimates from 2012 put routine immunization levels in Iraq at 70 percent.　 Routine immunization levels in Baghdad are estimated to be 81 percent.

WHO


Update of polio outbreak in the Middle East – ongoing transmission in Syria with international spread : http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220551