Epidemiology of polio virus infection in Pakistan and possible risk factors for its transmission

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• 作者：Mahvish Kabir ; Muhammad Sohail Afzal ; ^{sohail.ncvi@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Eradication ; Malnutrition ; Counter insurgencies ; Polio worker ; Hurdles in polio ; Pakistan
• 刊名：Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：9
• 期：11
• 页码：1044-1047
• 全文大小：697 K
• 卷排序：9

文摘

End Polio Pakistan program still has to overcome many hurdles; unfortunately on 8th February 2016 first polio case of the year has surfaced in Karachi. It seems that battle against polio demands little bit more conviction and motivation. WHO has set a goal of polio eradication in Pakistan till 2018, in order to evaluate the success of this target; polio eradication campaign in Pakistan has been analyzed in different perspectives. Our analysis indicated that major obstacles in eradication are low literacy rate, poor health infrastructure, lack of planning, natural disaster, economic crisis, counter insurgencies and almost no protection for polio health workers. WHO has allocated new funds to tackle this problem, now there is a need to spend this money more effectively; with proper planning and honest deployment of funds.