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Pakistan: 2012 Polio cases- new case in Peshawar

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 14 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 14 cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-Ne...gency-operation-in-Jallozai-Bara-starts-today

Polio emergency operation in Jallozai, Bara starts today
Our correspondent
Monday, March 26, 2012

Islamabad

In a bid to save Peshawar from a possible outbreak of the crippling polio virus, the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has decided to vaccinate, on an emergency basis, all youngsters up to the age of 15 years in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP?s) camp in Jallozai.

Moreover, emergency transit polio check posts are being established on all routes leading out of Bara in response to a letter from the World Health Organization (WHO). The letter has expressed fears of the polio situation getting out of hand in KP and Peshawar due to heavy population movements from Bara to the Jallozai IDP?s camp.

?They are convinced that unless the campaign covers every single individual of every age group in Bara and Jallozai, especially children up to the age of 15 years, the situation may only get nastier for polio eradication,? confided an official of the provincial health department, KP.

According to the source, the chief secretary of KP has taken this step in view of recommendations of the recently-held meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Polio Eradication. The impetus also came from a red alert issued by the WHO, coupled with reports from renowned experts, declaring mass immunisation as the only remaining option to control the worsening polio crisis in KP...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 14 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 14 cases

15 new polio cases surface in KPK
Updated 7 hours ago


PESHAWAR: Fifteen new polio cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas in the first three months of the current year, Geo News reported.



According to sources, fears of polio spread among the children exists due to present cases in the camps, therefore, the movement of children living in the camps has been restricted.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-41851-15-new-polio-cases-surface-in-KPK,-tribal-area--
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/359317/polio-update-in-khyber-agency-one-more-case-reported-from-bara/

Polio update: In Khyber Agency, one more case reported from Bara
Total number of polio cases report*ed in the countr*y in the past three months have risen to 15.
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: April 4, 2012

ISLAMABAD:

One more polio case has been confirmed from Bara in Khyber Agency, taking the total number reported in the country during the last three months to 15.

National Institute of Health (NIH), on Tuesday, confirmed type-1 wild polio virus in an eight-month-old boy, Arif, from Haji Mir Gul Kalay village in Bara tehsil.

Arif was struck by polio on March 11 this year. The parents said their child had never been administered polio drops.

It is the fifth polio case reported from Khyber Agency this year which is the only region in Asia where both type-1 and type-3 virus still exist, a major concern for national and international health experts...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/368594/debilitating-news-suspected-polio-case-surfaces-in-lower-dir/

Debilitating news: Suspected polio case surfaces in Lower Dir
By Amjad Ali Shah
Published: April 23, 2012

Official suspects it?s a ploy to gain cash support on eve of nationwide drive.

TIMERGARA: A revelation that a seven-year -old in Lower Dir may be polio positive, a day before the nationwide polio eradication campaign, has stirred up controversy among local officials.

Hubab was allegedly affected by the polio virus a few months ago, but his family failed to reveal this until just one day before the nationwide campaign.

Hubab?s elder brother Khalid told The Express Tribune that at the time of his birth, his brother was normal, but six months ago, both of his legs started to weaken. Khalid said his brother began facing difficulties during running or walking fast. After a few days, the pain in his legs made it nearly impossible for him to walk...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Source: http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Polio-fresh-case-reported/2945916

Polio fresh case reported
by Asifjaved May 07, 2012

Peshawar: one new polio case has been reported on Monday in the tribal area of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.

According to the Ministry of Health that fresh Polio case has been reported in Iqra Girl, her age is 10 years and resident of Sardan the area of Khyber Agency...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-107077-6th-case-from-Bara-magnifies-risk

Islamabad

6th case from Bara magnifies risk


Our correspondent
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Islamabad

The World Health Organisation?s warning in relation to the magnifying risk of poliovirus circulation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, followed by a suo moto notice of the threat by the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, has not had much of an effect. With Bara reporting yet another polio case on Monday ? the sixth in a row ? the polio virus is slowly but surely getting out of control in Khyber Agency, threatening thousands of children in Peshawar and Karachi as well.

?The Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health has confirmed a Type-1 wild poliovirus case from Bara in Khyber Agency. This brings the total number of polio cases countrywide in 2012 so far to 16 from 10 districts,? informs Polio Alert, the official website of polio eradication in Pakistan.

Iqra, a 12-month old female child who experienced onset of paralysis on April 18, 2012, is the latest victim of the preventable disease. The child resides in village Sara Dand, area Forte Slope of tehsil Bara in Khyber Agency. As per recall of the parents and records, the child has not received any dose of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) through routine or door-to-door immunization services...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 15 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/375977/high-risk-zones-of-64-samples-over-a-third-had-polio/

The Express Tribune

High-risk zones: Of 64 samples, over a third had polio
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: May 9, 2012

ISLAMABAD:

More than a third of 64 sewage samples collected from high-risk zones in major cities and towns across the country by World Health Organisation (WHO) have tested positive for polio virus.

This was revealed in a quarterly report on polio alert issued by the WHO on Tuesday. The report comes on the heels of new polio case ? Pakistan?s 16th this year ? emerging in Khyber Agency.

According to the report, 26 samples tested positive for polio including seven out of 12 sewage samples collected from Lahore, seven out of eight in Peshawar, four out of seven in Gadap Town in Karachi, two out of four in Rawalpindi and two out of seven in Quetta.

Last year, 21 out of 24 samples tested positive for polio virus in Karachi?s Gadap Town, 19 out of 36 in Lahore, 21 out of 36 in Multan and 11 out of 12 in Rawalpindi.

The positive samples indicate that the virus is circulating in the area even if no one has been paralysed by polio there yet, stated the report...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 16 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 16 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/381000/polio-update-first-suspected-case-in-capital-after-five-years/

The Express Tribune

Polio update: First suspected case in capital after five years
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: May 19, 2012

ISLAMABAD:

For the first time in five years, a suspected case of polio from the capital’s suburbs was reported on Friday.

Samples from Muhammad Zain, a two and a half year old boy and a resident of Kurri Road, Phagwari, have been collected by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to test him for poliomyelitis. In 2007, eight polio cases were reported from Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and since then the region has remained polio-free.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Saeed Ahmed, Zain’s father said his son stopped walking 20 days ago. He took his son to the doctor who recommended that Zain should be tested for polio...


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Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-109094-Suspected-polio-case-in-Islamabad-after

Islamabad

Suspected polio case in Islamabad after five long years
Shahina Maqbool
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Islamabad

The Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) will be receiving samples today (Saturday) for confirmation of a suspected polio case from Palorian, an area located off Kurri Road in Islamabad, which has been polio-free for the last five years now...
 
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Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 16 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 16 cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-110662-Two-polio-cases-reported-in-Sindh-this-year

Two polio cases reported in Sindh this year?

Sunday, May 27, 2012
From Print Edition
Karachi

There have been 16 polio cases reported in the country during the current year so far including two from Sindh, provincial Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed said on Saturday.

The minister was presiding over a meeting to review the polio eradication campaign in the province.

?One case in the province had surfaced in Mirpurkhas and the other in Hyderabad,? he said.

He pointed out that when the polio eradication campaign was initiated in 1994, the number of cases in the country was nearly 3,000. ?By the year 2011, this number was 38 and 11 of these cases were from Sindh,? he added...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 17 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 17 cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-Ne...eared-as-Khyber-Agency-reports-7th-polio-case

Outbreak feared as Khyber Agency reports 7th polio case
Our correspondent
Sunday, June 03, 2012
From Print Edition

Islamabad

The National Institute of Health has confirmed a Type-1 polio case from Khyber Agency in Fata. This is the 7th polio case so far this year from Khyber Agency, where a potential outbreak looms large in the absence of concrete measures to halt poliovirus transmission.

The new case has taken Pakistan?s national polio count to 17 from 10 districts and tribal agencies so far in 2012, informs Polio Alert, a website that seeks to inform journalists working on polio.

The latest case has been confirmed on June 1, 2012 from village Usai Khula Ghundi, area Ghundi of tehsil Jamrud in Khyber Agency. The affected child?s name is Salma, who is a 21-month old daughter of Allah Noor.

Of the seven polio cases reported from Khyber Agency so far this year, six are from the inaccessible, Bara tehsil. There is a dire need to gain access and to strengthen vaccination activities in areas of Khyber Agency that have remained inaccessible to polio teams on account of the prevailing security situation. Over 150,000 children in Khyber Agency have missed polio vaccination since 2009...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 21 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 21 cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-113150-Polio-count-rises-to-21-with-four-new-cases

Polio count rises to 21 with four new cases


Shahina Maqbool
Friday, June 08, 2012
From Print Edition

Islamabad

Just when Pakistan was relishing the flavour of having achieved a 50% decline in the number of polio cases this year, compared to the same time in 2011, the confirmation of four new cases from three provinces in a single day on Thursday has illustrated the significant fragility of the recent achievements of its polio eradication efforts.

With the addition of four cases ? two from Fata, and one each from Sindh and Punjab ? Pakistan?s national polio count has risen from 17 on June 1, 2012 to 21 on July 7, 2012...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 21 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 21 cases

Source: http://dawn.com/2012/06/10/who-concerned-at-polio-cases-in-khyber-2/

WHO concerned at polio cases in Khyber
From the Newspaper | Ibrahim Shinwari | 11 hours ago


LANDI KOTAL, June 9: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over emergence of polio cases in Khyber Agency, saying that circulation of the virus will continue unabated as long as anti-polio programmes continue to miss a significant number of children either due to insecurity or poor quality campaign.

?We need to administer oral polio vaccines to every child below five years of age to safeguard them against the crippling disease,? head of WHO Polio Eradication Section Dr Elias Durry told Dawn. Cases in Federally Administered Tribal Areas again demonstrate the mammoth risk of not reaching every child in Fata, he said.

Khyber Agency last week registered its 8th case, most by any of the 10 infected districts/agencies in the country.

Zabia, a 23-month-old daughter of Noor Jan, a resident of Akakhel tehsil of Tirah in Khyber Agency, was the latest case recorded in the agency where the world health agency says 150,000 children had not been immuised against polio.

Zabia didn?t receive any dose of oral polio vaccine, as the area where she lived was not visited by any vaccination team since September 2009 due to insecurity.

The WHO official said that environmental surveillance system had clearly proven persistent circulation of wild poliovirus in cities like Lahore and Rawalpindi in Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and children in these areas stood vulnerable to the virus.

This is the 8th polio case reported from Khyber agency this year and the first from Tirah, while the other seven were reported from Bara...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/391843/polio-eradication-setback-another-case-surfaces-in-khyber/

The Express Tribune

Polio eradication setback: Another case surfaces in Khyber
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: June 11, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Despite deadlines and determined calls for its eradication, polio is far from becoming history in Pakistan.

Yet another case of type-1 poliovirus has surfaced in the Khyber Agency, the only tribal district in Asia where both type-1 and type-3 poliovirus are still prevalent.

And in the absence of concrete anti-polio efforts, the disease can spread quickly through the region?s children and, in turn, the rest of the country.

The National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed the case from Khyber Agency on Sunday, raising the official national polio count to 22.

This is the 9th case from Khyber Agency and the 7th from Bara Tehsil this year. The victim is 18-month-old Mudassir, a resident of Akka Khel area. The child had not received any dose of oral polio vaccines either through routine or supplementary immunisation activities...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/394230/18-villages-in-north-waziristan-boycott-polio-drive/

18 villages in North Waziristan boycott polio drive
By Our Correspondent
Published: June 15, 2012

MIRANSHAH: Tribesmen from 18 villages in North Waziristan Agency boycotted the polio vaccination campaign in a protest against the government?s in-action to resolve the power crisis.

During a press conference at the Miranshah press club, tribal elders said they will not allow polio teams to immunise their children and threatened to block the Miranshah-Razmak Road if the massive power outages are not resolved.

Eighteen towns from Kam Sehrobi to Faryatt inhabited by the Bhora Khel and Mamath Khel tribesmen in the Razmak sub-division of North Waziristan have refused to vaccinate their children, Malik Jan Faraz Khan told The Express Tribune...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Source: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/06/16/militants-ban-polio-vaccination-in-nw-pakistan/

Militants Ban Polio Vaccination in NW Pakistan
Posted Saturday, June 16th, 2012 at 5:00 pm

A militant group based in northwestern Pakistan has banned an anti-polio campaign in a tribal region and warned medical teams to stay away from the territory or face consequences.

The group, based in North Waziristan and led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, said in a statement Saturday the ban will remain in effect as long as the United States continues drone attacks in Pakistan.

The statement cited the case of Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, accused of running a fake vaccination campaign to help the CIA obtain DNA samples of Osama bin Laden and his family to confirm the al-Qaida leader's presence at a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. The statement said the healthcare drive may be used as a cover for U.S. spies...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Source: http://dawn.com/2012/06/21/outbreak-of-polio-feared-over-next-few-months/

Outbreak of polio feared over next few months
From the Newspaper | Our Staff Reporter | 17 hours ago

KARACHI, June 20: While only three cases of polio have been reported across the province since the year?s beginning, an upsurge is feared during the next four months, said Dr Rizwana Memon, a senior polio officer, while speaking at a workshop on Wednesday.

The media workshop on healthcare issues of children-polio was jointly organised by the Karachi Press Club, the United Nations Children?s Fund (Unicef) and a non-governmental organisation, Mishal Pakistan.

Dr Memon, who is deputy project manager of the expanded programme on immuisation in Sindh, appealed to all stakeholders to remain alert this summer as the next few months were critical as far as a polio outbreak was concerned.

She said the fact that Sindh had reported only three out of 22 polio cases in the country was relatively a comfortable situation. ?However, if we see the trend of new polio cases reporting in the previous years, it can be safely said that July to October are peak months for the spread of polio virus in the province,? she said...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - 22 cases

Source: http://dawn.com/2012/06/24/vaccination-ban-in-n-waziristan-taliban-refuse-to-budge-2/

Vaccination ban in N. Waziristan: Taliban refuse to budge
From the Newspaper | Ashfaq Yusufzai | 12 hours ago

PESHAWAR, June 23: There is very little likelihood of thousands of children in North Waziristan Agency being vaccinated against polio in near future as the attempts of the local political administration and Islamic scholars to convince the Taliban to lift the ban on vaccination fail.

Of late, the Taliban banned the administration of oral polio vaccine to children in the agency, saying the ban will be lifted only after the US stops drone strikes in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - new case in Quetta

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - new case in Quetta

Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\07\12\story_12-7-2012_pg7_19

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Another polio case reported in Quetta

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QUETTA: Another case of polio has been reported from Sabzal Road area of Muslimabad near Zakiri Masjid in Quetta, raising the number of affected children to three this year.

The UNICEF media officer, Massoma Qurban, told Daily Times that the victim was 23-month-old Mehrma, a resident of Sabzal Road, one of the largest slum localities in Quetta.

Qurban confirmed that the victim had never been vaccinated because of the religious beliefs held by her family. She confirmed that the grandfather and uncle of the child were local religious figures...

...This is the third polio case reported from Quetta district this year, the last coming on January 6.In 2011, 14 out of the 18 polio cases reported in Balochistan had come from Quetta.
 
Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - new case in Quetta

Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - new case in Quetta

[Source: Dawn, full text: (LINK).]

No polio virus in Rawalpindi



‎21 July ‎2012 | From the Newspaper


RAWALPINDI, July 20: National Institute of Health (NIH) has given a clean chit to Rawalpindi city, as it found presence of polio virus in the city sewage as negligible, for the month of June. May had painted a different scenario.

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Re: Pakistan: 2012 Polio - new case in Quetta

Four more polio cases surface in KP, Fata


Mushtaq Yusufzai
Thursday, August 02, 2012

PESHAWAR: Amid growing refusals by parents to immunise their kids against polio disease, four new polio cases have surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and adjoining tribal areas.

The first case came from Mardan after five years where a six months old Sulaim, son of Saidul Islam, was confirmed with polio virus. He is the resident of Rahmat Khan village of Mohib Banda. The parents had refused polio drops to their kids on religious misconception.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-16508-Four-more-polio-cases-surface-in-KP-Fata
 
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