Abstract
This report describes polio cases, vaccination uncertainty and challenges, and the way forward to eradicate polio from Pakistan. Numerous articles, government and non-government documents, and survey reports were studied and an online search was made to collect information on polio in Pakistan. Once again the polio vaccination program has been stopped and accused by the local community in Pakistan as a result an increase has been seen in polio cases in the last year. In 2019, a total of 117 wild poliovirus (WPV) and 18 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV2) cases were reported from the country. The majority of cases were from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province as a result of polio vaccination uncertainty and many challenges faced by the vaccination program in the region. Pakistan reported their highest annual number of WPV cases as compared to last few years. This increase is not only an alarming threat for the country but also a key challenge for the global polio eradication movement. Increase awareness and raising immunization to over 100% in some areas especially in the remote area where every year many children missed vaccination to achieve global polio eradication goals.
Highlights
Poliomyelitis is known as polio is a highly infectious viral disease mainly infects the children under five years of age
Once again the polio vaccination program has been stopped and accused by the local community in Pakistan as a result an increase has been seen in polio cases in the last year
In 2019, a total of 117 wild poliovirus (WPV) and 18 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases were reported from the country
Summary
Poliomyelitis is known as polio is a highly infectious viral disease mainly infects the children under five years of age. The virus attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis in infected individuals in a matter of hours. The majority of infected individuals (90%) have very mild symptoms or no symptoms and usually go unrecognized 1,2. There are 2 months recommended interval between the primary series doses. In some cases, when the protection is needed to be accelerated the minimum interval between each of the first 3 doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is 4 weeks. Regardless of the number of previous doses, a dose of IPV on or after age 4 years is recommended with a minimum interval of 6 months from the next-to-last to final dose 1. We aimed to describe polio cases, vaccinations uncertainty and challenges, and the way forward to eradicate polio from Pakistan
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