Nepal: 4 new cases of polio found after two yrs

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Kathmandu, July 12 - As against the government?s claim that polio would be eradicated within 2012, some new cases of polio have been found again after two years.​

Four new polio patients have been found in two districts: Rautahat and Mahottari of eastern Tarai. All patients are under the age of five years. ​

Last time, six polio cases were found in 2008. ​

The government has been carrying out the campaign to administer polio drops to children for 14 years.​

Experts claimed that the new cases showed the government has failed in its plan.​

Department of Health Services (DHS) said that maximum patients had taken polio drops more than nine times. ​

The Ministry of Health and Population was planning to declare the country polio free by 2012 before these cases were found.​

Dr. Yashovardhan Pradhan, director general of DHS, suspected that polio cases might have come from India. ​

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http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/gopa.detail.php?article_id=37172&cat_id=4​

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Nepal: 4 new cases of polio found after two yrs

hat tip Vincent Racaniello -

Indigenous poliovirus crosses border


REPUBLICA

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Recently, a case of polio, detected in the East Champaran district of Bihar, an Indian state adjoining Nepal?s Tarai area, was found to have originated in Nepal.

This has jolted the government whose anti-polio programs seem already tattered following the detection of five polio cases in Rautahat and Mahottari, three of which are indigenous.


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http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=23172

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Nepal: 4 new cases of polio found after two yrs

Source: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fu...arns+polio+alert+in+8+districts&NewsID=258751

DoHS warns polio alert in 8 districts
Last Updated At: 2010-09-22 3:48 PM


KATHMANDU: Following the detection of five polio cases in Rautahat and Mohattari districts this year, the Department of Health Services (DoHS) under the Ministry of Health and Population has sounded high alert in eight districts.

The new polio cases prompted DoHS Immunisation Section to conduct five mop-up polio vaccination campaigns in Bara, Parsa, Siraha, Rautahat, Mohattari, Sarlahi, Dhanusa, and Saptari.

The panic button has been pressed as part of adopting precautionary measure to control polio, said National Immunisation Programme chief Krishna Bahadur Chand. "We have been running polio vaccination campaigns in the eight highly vulnerable districts."..