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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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In addition, Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan repeatedly re-infect one other, due to the substantial population movements within and between the countries.

Financial resource requirements (2013-2015) for Pakistan.

Polio this week in Pakistan

Two new WPV cases were reported in the past week (WPV1s from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – KP, and Federally Administered Tribal Areas – FATA), bringing the total number of WPV cases for 2013 to eight. The case from FATA is the most recent WPV case in the country (and the first WPV from FATA in 2013), and had onset of paralysis on 24 April.
No new cVDPV2 cases were reported in the past week. The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2013 remains three. The most recent cVDPV2 case in the country had onset of paralysis on 10 April (from FATA).
Two new positive environmental samples were confirmed this week, WPV1s from Gadap, Sindh (collected 11 April) and Peshawar, KP (collected 12 April). This year, 16 environmental samples positive for WPV1 have been reported (of which 11 were collected in Peshawar and Hyderabad, Sindh).
The security situation continues to be monitored closely, in consultation with law enforcement agencies. Immunization activities continue to be implemented, in some areas staggered or postponed, depending on the security situation at the local level.