Pakistan: 2016 Polio

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Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1233192/another-polio-case-reported-from-peshawar


Another polio case reported from Peshawar
Ali Akbar ? Published about 6 hours ago

PESHAWAR: A new polio case was confirmed on Friday from a village near Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), officials said.

The Chief Minister's Polio Control Cell in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said the crippling virus was detected in one-year-old Muhammad Maaz of Shakar Pura village near Peshawar...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1042451/first-polio-case-of-the-year-surfaces-in-karachi/

First polio case of the year surfaces in Karachi
By Sameer Mandhro
Published: February 8, 2016

KARACHI:
A three-year-old child in Karachi has been diagnosed with the crippling polio disease, a first in the city since the beginning of the year.

Aijaz Khan, son of Sher Ali Khan, is 34 months old and having the onset of paralysis, confirmed by a Karachi-based laboratory. According to the Aijaz?s parents, he had missed two OPV doses through routine immunisation.

However, more than seven doses had been dispensed to him during supplementary immunisation activities since the child?s birth and prior to the onset of his weakness, sources told The Express Tribune.

The child belongs to a Pashtun family of the Mohmand tribe and lives in Yousuf Goth of Surjani Town in the city?s west...

 

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Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/98975-Polio-worker-shot-and-injured-in-Lahore


Polio worker shot and injured in Lahore
By Web Desk
February 17, 2016

LAHORE: Unidentified gunmen shot and injured a polio worker in Lahore on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks against eradication teams.

According to initial reports, two men on a motorcycle opened fire on the vaccinators and ran away.

A health worker was hit by the bullet in his leg and was rushed to hospital, where he was in stable condition...

 

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Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/world/repor...-over-refusing-to-allow-polio-workers-2179433

Pakistan school faces closure over refusing to allow polio workers
Thu, 18 Feb 2016-11:58pm , Karachi , PTI

A health official with the district administration, said the school administration had refused to allow the polio vaccination workers to enter their premise.

A private school in this Pakistan city is facing legal action and closure after its administration refused to allow polio vaccine officials to enter its premises and vaccinate children on Thursday.

The anti-polio vaccine team had gone to the school in the Ayesha Manzil area is part of the three-day nationwide immunisation drive that started on Monday...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1052784/balochistans-first-polio-case-of-year-confirmed/

The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Balochistan
Balochistan?s first polio case of year confirmed
By Mohammad Zafar
Published: February 23, 2016

A fresh case of polio disease emerged in Balochistan as a two-year-old boy was diagnosed with the crippling disease on Tuesday.

The virus surfaced in Quetta?s Samungli area, with an official confirming that it was the first case of the year 2016...

 

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Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1012...onfirmed-in-KP


Two more polio cases confirmed in KP
By Bureau report
February 27, 2016

PESHAWAR: Two more polio cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, taking the total number of polio cases to three in the province this year.

Senior officials of the provincial Health Department told The News that one male child tested positive with polio in the provincial capital and another case was reported from Hangu district.

The child in Peshawar was identified as Jareer, son of Waliullah. He is 21-month old and belongs to a religious family living in Peshawar’s Haider Colony in Akhunabad.

The family had refused polio vaccines to the child, according to Health Department officials...

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Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/27-Feb-2016/polio-confirmed-in-well-vaccinated-7-month-old-girl

Polio confirmed in well-vaccinated 7-month-old girl
February 27, 2016
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Said Alam Khan

PESHAWAR - Two fresh polio cases were confirmed on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa taking the number of such cases detected so far this year to three alone in the province and total five in the country...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1063721/polio-case-confirmed-in-jacobabad/


The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Polio case confirmed in Jacobabad
By Our Correspondent
Published: March 11, 2016


Health officials on Thursday confirmed from Jacobabad district this year?s second polio case from Sindh, taking the total number of cases in Pakistan to six.

Eighteen-month-old Noor Fatima from Union Council Lashari, Jacobabad district, contracted the virus even though she was administered the polio vaccine seven times during polio eradication drives and twice as part of routine immunisation, health authorities said.

The last polio case in Sindh was reported in Karachi...

 

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Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/17-Mar-2016/polio-worker-seriously-injured-in-firing

Polio worker seriously injured in firing
March 17, 2016

SHIKARPUR - One lady health worker (LHW) was seriously injured in firing by a few armed men.

She came under attack when she was returning home after administering polio drops at village Koreja in Garhi Yasin police precincts on Wednesday.

According to reports, some armed culprits opened fires on the LHW namely Afshan, wife of Mehtab Mahar, when she was coming back on a motorcycle with her brother after performing the polio duty.
She received serious bullet injuries while the assailants fled from the scene...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1067961/hounded-out-another-family-sets-dog-on-polio-worker/


The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Punjab
Another family sets dog on polio worker
By Our Correspondent
Published: March 18, 2016


DERA GHAZI KHAN:
A family in Dera Ghazi Khan set their dog on a polio worker after refusing to have their children immunised against the crippling virus on Thursday.

According to details, Shehzad Baig, a resident of the Mohalla Juttanwala neighbourhood of Dera Ghazi Khan, and his family did not allow polio worker Nasreen Kausar to administer polio vaccination drops to their children when she approached them...

 

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Source: http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-40657.html


Another case of polio reported from Pak's Sindh province
10 hours ago
26-03-2016
ANI

Islamabad, Mar. 26 :Another case of polio has been reported in Pakistan's Sindh province, bringing the number of cases to seven this year.

Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health has said that a five-year-old boy, Saleem of Union Council Shabirabad in Shikarpur, was confirmed to have the viral disease, reports the Dawn.

Saleem's sampled was collected on March 6...

 

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Source: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/242576911/polio-worker-killed-in-pakistan-tribal-areas


Polio Worker Killed In Pakistan's Tribal Areas
RFE
Sunday 27th March, 2016

Armed men have gunned down a health official supervising an antipolio drive in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas.

The incident occurred on March 26 in the Khyber tribal district, among seven located along the porous border with Afghanistan.

Local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that 40-year-old Akhtar Khan was in his clinic in Khyber's Lwargi area when armed men opened fire and killed him on the spot.

Police said one suspect had been arrested...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1080669/crippling-virus-child-diagnosed-with-polio-in-bannu/

The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Crippling virus: Child diagnosed with polio in Bannu
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 8, 2016

PESHAWAR:
A child was diagnosed with polio in Bannu district, raising the total number of reported cases to eight in Pakistan in the first quarter of 2016. National Institute of Health Islamabad confirmed the new case from Bannu...

 

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Source: http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/81745/Pakistan-gunmen-kill-seven-policemen-in-polio-campaign


Pakistan gunmen kill seven policemen in polio campaign
World News
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
AFP

Motorcycle gunmen on Wednesday shot dead seven policemen guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's southern port city Karachi, officials said, a brazen attack in the country's economic hub.

Feroz Shah, a senior police official, said that eight gunmen carried out the killings in two separate attacks in the city's western Orangi Town neighbourhood...

 

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Source: http://www.thesindhtimes.com/health-and-fitness/one-polio-case-reported-shikarpur/


One more Polio case reported in Shikarpur
Apr 29, 2016
By: Waheed Phulpoto

SHIKARPUR Apr 29: Within a month 2nd polio virus case has been reported to a four and half years old boy in a village Panah Shujrah, union council Shabirabad Tehsil Khanpur district Shikarpur test conducted by National Institute of Health [NIH] Islamabad on Friday.
According to reports, a four and half years old boy identified as Ashiq Hussain son of Ghulam Muhammad Jatoi had paralyzed from a leg and an arm, therefore through the District Health Officer [DHO] Shikarpur collected samples of victim boy, which sent to National Institute of Health [NIH] Islamabad for examination some fifteen days back.
District Health Office Shikarpur received a report sent from NIH Islamabad yesterday after noon, report confirmed that the boy was affected by polio virus...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1102394/another-victim-polio-case-surfaces-in-bannu/

Another victim: Polio case surfaces in Bannu
By Our Correspondent
Published: May 13, 2016

PESHAWAR:
The fifth polio case of the province in 2016 was reported in Bannu on Thursday. This makes it two cases from the district, along with one each from Peshawar, Nowshera and Hangu. The total number of cases from the country has now risen to 10...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1111673/samples-test-negative-local-transmission-across-country/

Polio virus: Samples test negative for local transmission across country
By Umer Farooq
Published: May 28, 2016

PESHAWAR:
Efforts to eradicate poliovirus from the country accelerated soon after International Health Regulations (IHR) proposed restriction on movement of Pakistan nationals and made it mandatory for every citizen to carry polio certificates.

Soon after, officials concerned held repeated meetings to prepare strategies to tackle the situation. Authorities planned scheduled as well as unscheduled polio drives and set 2016 as the year of exterminating poliovirus from the country.

The diligence seems to have paid off as officials dealing with polio eradication informed samples collected from different sites across the country were sent to National Institute of Health (NIH) and laboratory results confirmed that reservoirs were free of poliovirus...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1116430/crippling-virus-another-polio-case-surfaces-bannu/

Crippling virus: Another polio case surfaces from Bannu
By Our Correspondent
Published: June 5, 2016

BANNU:
Another polio case surfaced from Bannu district on Saturday, bringing the number of cases reported this year in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to seven. The victim has been identified as six-year-old Sohema.

Rafiullah, her father, told The Express Tribune he had administered polio drops to his daughter. However, she managed to contract the virus...

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2016.

 

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Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1266900/fi...-transmission-season-brings-total-count-to-12


First polio case of high transmission season brings total count to 12
Ikram Junaidi ? Published about 10 hours ago

ISLAMABAD: The first polio case of the high transmission season has been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the polio case count for this year to 12.

The case was confirmed by the National Institute of Health?s Polio Virology Laboratory. A one year old child, whose sample was received by the lab three weeks ago, has died.

The poliovirus is less active during the low transmission season from September to May due to lower temperatures, while June to August is known as the high transmission season...

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1136412/crippling-virus-child-infected-polio-fata/


Crippling Virus: Child infected with polio in FATA
By Our Correspondent
Published: July 5, 2016
PESHAWAR:

A child was diagnosed with polio in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, raising the total number of reported cases to 13 in Pakistan in 2016...

 

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.pk/khyber-pak...io-eradication-official-shot-dead-in-peshawar


Polio eradication official shot dead in Peshawar
By: Staff Report

12-Sep-16

PESHAWAR: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a senior member of the polio eradication campaign in northwest of the country, police said on Sunday, in the latest attack on immunisation teams by extremists.

Attempts to eradicate polio in Pakistan have been hit by militant attacks on inoculation teams that have claimed more than 100 lives since December 2012.

Doctor Zakaullah Khan, a seasoned member of Peshawar's polio vaccination campaign, was killed late Saturday when gunmen on a motorbike opened fire near his house, a senior police official told AFP.

Imtiaz Ahmad, a provincial spokesman for the immunisation campaign, also confirmed the killing.

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Tehrik-i-Taliban on Sunday claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement, sent to AFP, the group's spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan vowed to carry out more attacks...