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Pakistan

Status: endemic

In Pakistan, persistent wild poliovirus transmission is restricted to three groups of districts: (1) Karachi city, (2) a group of districts in Balochistan Province, and (3) districts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the North-West Frontier Province.   In addition, Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan repeatedly re-infect one other, due to the substantial population movements within and between the countries.

Financial resource requirements (2011-2013) for Pakistan.

Polio this week in Pakistan

  • One new case was reported in the past week (WPV3 from Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas), bringing the total number of cases for 2012 to 16. This is the most recent case in the country, with onset of paralysis on 18 April. The total number of cases for 2011 remains 198.
  • Khyber Agency appears to be the only remaining WPV3 reservoir in all of Asia; the strain is on the verge of elimination on the continent. Wiping out this remaining WPV3 transmission in Khyber is a key priority for Pakistan’s eradication effort this year.
  • The National Task Force on Polio Eradication met on 7 May, chaired by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, and attended by key provincial chief ministers. In particular, the Task Force discussed additional strategies to increase access in insecure areas of Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
  • A provincial orientation workshop for religious influencers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas began on 9 May. This workshop is designed to further engage religious leaders in highlighting the need for immunization among communities.
  • The next subnational immunization days are planned for 4-6 June.   
  

News Stories and Press Releases for Pakistan

  

Technical advisory group reports

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Poliomyelitis Eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
11-12 May 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan
Report [pdf 176kb]


Technical Advisory Group on Polio Eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
3–4 February 2008, Cairo, Egypt
Report [pdf 249kb]

Technical Advisory Group on Polio Eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan
1–2 October 2007, Muscat, Oman
Report [pdf 100kb]

Joint meeting of the Technical Advisory Groups on Polio Eradication in Afghanistan and in Pakistan
17–18 April 2007, Islamabad, Pakistan
Report [pdf 120kb]

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