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    Poliovirus is weak in Pakistan and only needs one final push to be eradicated, according to Dr. Rana Mohammad Safdar of the National Emergency Operation Centre on Polio. To ensure eradication, every child must be vaccinated during the upcoming sub-national polio campaign starting October 24th, with special focus on mobile populations. Districts with mobile populations or areas where environmental samples tested positive for poliovirus were called out. While progress has been made, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq noted that the job is not finished as 15 cases have been recorded in 2016 and positive environmental samples found across Pakistan.

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    Poliovirus is weak in Pakistan and only needs one final push to be eradicated, according to Dr. Rana Mohammad Safdar of the National Emergency Operation Centre on Polio. To ensure eradication, every child must be vaccinated during the upcoming sub-national polio campaign starting October 24th, with special focus on mobile populations. Districts with mobile populations or areas where environmental samples tested positive for poliovirus were called out. While progress has been made, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq noted that the job is not finished as 15 cases have been recorded in 2016 and positive environmental samples found across Pakistan.

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    Poliovirus is weak in Pakistan and only needs one final push to be eradicated, according to Dr. Rana Mohammad Safdar of the National Emergency Operation Centre on Polio. To ensure eradication, every child must be vaccinated during the upcoming sub-national polio campaign starting October 24th, with special focus on mobile populations. Districts with mobile populations or areas where environmental samples tested positive for poliovirus were called out. While progress has been made, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq noted that the job is not finished as 15 cases have been recorded in 2016 and positive environmental samples found across Pakistan.

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    Poliovirus only needs a push to be eradicated

    A REPORTER PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2016 06:52am


    ISLAMABAD: A genetic analysis of the poliovirus in Pakistan shows that the virus is weak and
    only needs a final push in order to be eradicated from the country for good, said Dr Rana
    Mohammad Safdar, head of the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) on Polio.
    Speaking to representatives of district administrations from across the country, Dr Safdar said that in
    order to ensure the virus is eradicated, every child should be vaccinated during the sub-national polio
    campaign, which starts October 24, and special attention should be given to the mobile population.
    Representatives of districts that have been declared more sensitive in terms of polio due to mobile
    populations, or whose environmental samples tested positive for polio, were called in, including from
    Rawalpindi, Lahore, DG Khan, Peshawar, Bannu, Kohat, DI Khan, Karachi, Larkana, Sukkur and Quetta.
    An environmental sample of an area is said to have tested positive if the poliovirus is found in sewerage
    water from that area.
    A sample of sewerage water from an area is the basic parameter for determining the success of a polio
    campaign.
    Talking to Dawn, Dr Safdar said that Pakistan has already made a commitment at various international
    forums to eradicate polio in the current year, and it was decided to take benefit of the low transmission
    season, which is between September and May, when the poliovirus is not that active and can be eradicated
    easily.
    He said the bigger problem was that of mobile populations, and that the virus travels across the country
    with them.
    We have to ensure that children do not miss being vaccinated due to travelling. During the meeting,
    representatives of various district administrations were informed that they should not take any gaps
    lightly, such as some children not being vaccinated due to some families or whole tribes refusing
    vaccinations, he said.
    Dr Safdar said the representatives were told to inform the deputy commissioner or commissioner in such
    instances and if they are not able to help, the chief secretaries of the provinces should be contacted
    immediately.
    We will also keep an eye on such issues and take appropriate steps, he said.
    Dr Safdar added that participants of the meeting had asked for the mechanism to monitor polio teams to
    be strengthened which, he said, showed that district administrations were more committed to eradicating
    the virus from their respective areas.
    Speaking at the meeting, the prime ministers focal person for polio eradication Senator Ayesha Raza
    Farooq said:
    We have made rapid progress, but the virus needs to be completely eradicated; the job is not yet
    finished.She said that 15 cases have been recorded in 2016 so far and positive environmental samples
    have been arriving from across the country.

    Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2016

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