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Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-166947-Measles-has-claimed-195-lives-this-year

Measles has claimed 195 lives this year
Our correspondent
Saturday, March 23, 2013
From Print Edition

Islamabad

Measles has claimed 195 lives in Pakistan, especially in Sindh, until now this year. A total of 310 children had died of the highly contagious viral disease in the country in 2012 and 64 in 2011.

According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report seen by this scribe, 112 of the 195 measles-related deaths were reported in Sindh, 45 in Balochistan, 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 in Punjab, two in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and one in Islamabad Capital Territory from January 1 to March 9, 2013.

No such death was seen in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\03\25\story_25-3-2013_pg13_6

Monday, March 25, 2013
Over 6,000 measles cases reported in Punjab

LAHORE: Over 6,000 cases of measles were reported in four months in different parts of Punjab, mostly in Lahore, during the current surveillance drive, said Director Health Services for EPI Punjab, Dr Tanveer Ahmed. Sixty to seventy patients of measles are being reported every day in different parts of the province, he added. He said that 19 deaths of children had been reported so far including in Gujranwala, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Kasur and Lahore district...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/527441/measles-outbreak-12-more-children-die-in-dir-north-waziristan/

Measles outbreak: 12 more children die in Dir, North Waziristan
By Nasruminallah / AMJID ALI SHAH
Published: March 28, 2013

MIRANSHAH / LOWER DIR: At least 12 children have died because of measles in North Waziristan and Timergara, Lower Dir, while a large number are said to be infected.

The exact number of deaths and those infected with measles in North Waziristan could not be ascertained because of the curfew imposed since the suicide attack on Esha check post, which claimed the lives of 17 security personnel and wounded 40 others. However, reports from the troubled region indicate two children from Dossali and Lora Mandi died due to the unavailability of medicines on Tuesday...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

April 3, 2013 12:01
Measles claims six nomads lives

Measles outbreak in a nomad family has claimed five lives including a teenage girl and four minor girls in Adda Bhoondi area near Rahim Yar Khan. Six more children are said to have been suffering high fever due to the contagion.

The dead are identified as two and half-year-old Rashida, two-year-old Bushra, 18-year-old Channan Mai, 14-year-old Naseebo, two-and-half-year-old Najma died while 7-year-old Afsana, 3-year-old Sanwal, one and half-year-old Humaira, 10-year-old Sameena, 7-year-old Javed and 10-year-old Mujahid are grappling with high fever.
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/asianet/130403/measles-claims-six-nomads-lives
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/531287/measles-59-cases-reported-in-the-past-three-months/

Measles: 59 cases reported in the past three months
By Sehrish Wasif
Published: April 5, 2013

Nine children have been admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) Children?s Hospital after being clinically diagnosed with measles and other complications like pneumonia. This was stated by Pims Spokesperson Dr Waseem Khawaja on Thursday.

According to the World Health Organisation?s (WHO) Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin ? Disease early warning system (DEWS) and response in Pakistan, 59 cases of measles have been reported in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) so far this year.

According to the WHO, this figure climbs to a staggering 8,532 cases across the country, including 218 deaths...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/533342/...-children-die-allegedly-from-measles-in-thar/


The Express Tribune

Disease spreads: Three children die allegedly from measles in Thar
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 10, 2013


HYDERABAD:

The measles viral, which claimed the lives of over 600 children in Sindh between January and February this year, reportedly came back after a month-long respite with the death of at least three children in Thar...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/04/12/city/lahore/lahore-worst-hit-by-measles/

Lahore worst hit by measles
MONITORING DESK 3 hrs ago

LAHORE - According to a report compiled by the Disease Surveillance System of the Punjab Information Technology Board and issued on Thursday, the number of measles cases in Punjab has reached 7,794 since January this year.

Five districts ? Lahore, Gujranwala, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rawalpindi ? have been declared high risk, said an official, adding that data revealed that the provincial capital had topped among the other districts with 2,539 cases. There are 691 measles cases in Gujranwala, 430 in Muzaffargarh, 344 in Dera Ghazi Khan and 281 in Rawalpindi.

The official said six children had died of the epidemic in the last four months. Among them three died in Lahore.

He said that according to the reports, 80 per cent of the total measles-affected children were not administered vaccine during routine immunization coverage and blamed the factor the main reason behind the outbreak of the disease in Punjab...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\04\13\story_13-4-2013_pg13_4

Saturday, April 13, 2013
Another measles patient dies

Staff Report

LAHORE: Another measles patient died in a local hospital on Friday, while 19 measles patients were admitted to different hospitals of the city during the last 24 hours. The death toll from the disease in the provincial capital this year has reached four. According to reports, three-year-old Shahnaz, a resident of Bund Road suffering from measles, was admitted to Mayo Hospital a few days ago. However, she died on Friday...
 
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Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\04\14\story_14-4-2013_pg13_1


Sunday, April 14, 2013
5 more children fall prey to measles in city
By Imran Chaudhry

LAHORE: Another five children died of measles on Saturday in Mayo and Children hospitals of the provincial metropolis, taking the number of dead to 55, just at these two city hospitals, during the last four months. Around 30 to 40 affected children are being admitted to these hospitals, daily.
The actual number of casualties caused by measles is much greater, however, important record is missing because most public sector and private hospitals are not maintaining any record while completely ignoring the sensitivity of the epidemic...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-5-171416-6th-death-in-3-days

6th death in 3 days
Our Correspondent
Monday, April 15, 2013
From Print Edition

LAHORE
A two-year-old girl died of measles in Mayo Hospital on Sunday which brought total of number of deaths to six in just three days.

According to details, Iqra died of measles in Mayo Hospital, as new patients continue to be admitted in different hospitals of Lahore. As many as 19 measles patients are admitted on Sunday in Children?s Hospital alone...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/04/15/city/lahore/48-more-affected-with-measles/


48 more affected with measles
Staff Report 52 min ago

As many as 48 new measles patients have been admitted in Mayo Hospital while 12 of them are in a critical situation, Pakistan Today has learnt.

A large number of measles complaints are coming from populated areas of the city including Shadara, Band Road and Shadbagh. As many as 400 measles cases have been reported at the Mayo Hospital till the filing of this report, out of which 376 have been treated while 24 have died...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1175397/

Measles claims 10 more lives in south Punjab
April 16, 2013
RECORDER REPORT

South Punjab is in the grip of an epidemic 'Measles' and ten children have died in Muzaffargarh district Over 50 children in the province have lost their lives in last couple of months and dozens of more infected children were admitted on Sunday at various hospitals of different cities, including 47 patients in Lahore and 10 in Muzaffargarh...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-171901-Three-more-children-die-of--measles-in-Lahore

Three more children die of measles in Lahore

our correspondent
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
From Print Edition

LAHORE: Three more children died of measles in hospitals of the provincial metropolis on Tuesday. Six-month-old Abdullah of Ghaziabad and two-and-a-half years old Jannat, a resident of Mufti Road, Islampura, died due to measles in the Children?s Hospital while two-year-old Hadia Rehman, a resident of GOR, died in the Mayo Hospital. Besides, as many as 49 new patients of measles were admitted to hospitals of Lahore on Tuesday ...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/537455/public-health-111-new-measles-cases-reported-in-city/

Public health: 111 new measles cases reported in City
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 19, 2013

LAHORE:

As many as 111 new cases of measles were reported on Thursday.

?No one died of measles today [Thursday]. We are trying our best to look after the patients at high dependency units and save as many lives as we can,? a senior doctor at the Children?s Hospital said...
 
Re: Pakistan: 2013 Measles cases

Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/538017/measles-update-2-year-old-dies-110-more-admitted-to-hospitals/

Measles Update: 2-year old dies, 110 more admitted to hospitals
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 20, 2013


Two-year-old Umer of Sheikhupura died of measles at Mayo Hospital on Friday while 110 more measles patients were reported in Lahore.

?The Health Department has 5 million injections of the measles vaccination and children are being vaccinated,? a spokesman of the Health Department said...
 
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