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Pakistan's fifth polio case raises concerns over surveillance lapses
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The case, which occurred on April 29 and was confirmed on June 8, highlights a significant delay of six weeks in diagnosis, indicating a notable gap in identifying and addressing poliovirus infections.
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Pakistan reports third polio case amid concerns of widespread transmission
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, succumbed to the relentless grip of polio.
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Pakistan: 28 sewage samples test positive for wild poliovirus
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As many as 28 environmental samples collected from Pakistan's 19 districts in January and two collected from Quetta and Khuzdar in December have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), Dawn reported.
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Pakistan reports another Polio case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported another case of POlio after a nine-month-old child in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai area became the latest victim of the paralysing disease, ARY News reported on Saturday.
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90 pc polio cases in Pakistan 'imported' from Afghanistan: Interim Health
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Interim Health Minister Nadeem Jan has said that 90 per cent of polio cases in Pakistan have been "imported from Afghanistan", Dawn reported.
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Afghanistan: Fifth Polio case of 2023 reported in Nangarhar
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the chief of the UNICEF Polio Eradication Programme in Afghanistan's communications department, Kamal Shah Sayed, the fifth polio case has been reported in the Nangarhar province's Dur Baba region.
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Afghanistan reports 4th polio case this year
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The case is of a 48-month-old male child who had the onset of paralysis on May 16, 2023.
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Afghanistan reports third Polio case of 2023
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new polio case from the Nazyan district of Nangarhar province has been reported, affecting a 30-month-old male child.
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Afghanistan reports first polio case of 2023
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The country's Ministry of Health under the caretaker Taliban regime said the first incidence of polio in Afghanistan since 2023 has been detected.
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Pakistan reports first polio case of 2023
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The case has been reported at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development (FAD) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are in the country to analyse efforts to eradicate the disease.
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Pakistan: This year's 15th case of wild poliovirus detected in North Wazir
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): A 17-month-old boy from the North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan contracted the wild poliovirus disease, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Saturday.
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Poliovirus detected in 7 Pakistani cities after testing sewage samples
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): Pakistan Federal authorities on Tuesday confirmed that poliovirus was detected in seven cities in several provinces of the country after testing environmental samples from various cities.
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