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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Corporate Authors:
World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan ; Polio Eradication Dept, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt ; Polio Eradication Dept, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland ; Div of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases ; Global Immunization Div, Center for Global Health, CDC
World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office, Islamabad, Pakistan ; Polio Eradication Dept, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt ; Polio Eradication Dept, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland ; Div of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases ; Global Immunization Div, Center for Global Health, CDC Less -
Description:
Pakistan is one of three countries where transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) has never been interrupted. This report describes polio eradication activities and progress in Pakistan during January 2012-September 2013 and updates previous reports. During 2012, 58 WPV cases were reported in selected areas, compared with 198 cases throughout the country in 2011; 52 WPV cases were reported during January-September 2013, compared with 54 cases during the same period in 2012. Of the 110 WPV cases reported since January 2012, 92 cases (84%) occurred in the conflict-affected Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and in security-compromised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province. WPV type 3 (WPV3) was isolated from only three persons with polio in a single district in 2012; the most recent case occurred in April 2012. During August 2012-September 2013, 52 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases were detected, including 30 cases (58%) identified in FATA during January-September 2013. Approximately 350,000 children in certain districts of FATA have not received polio vaccine during supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) conducted since mid-2012 because local authorities have banned polio vaccination. In some other areas of Pakistan, SIAs have been compromised by attacks targeting polio workers that started in mid-2012. Further efforts to reach children in conflict-affected and security-compromised areas, including vaccinating at transit points and conducting additional short-interval-additional-dose (SIAD) SIAs as areas become accessible, will be necessary to prevent reintroduction of WPV into other areas of Pakistan and other parts of the world.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Articles
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Eradication
Humans
Immunization Programs
Immunization Schedule
Incidence
Infant
Poliomyelitis
Poliovirus
Poliovirus Vaccines
Population Surveillance

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013; 62(46):934-938.
Pubmed ID:
24257203
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4585371
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Pakistan
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Main Document Checksum:
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