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PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (35): Pakistan (KP) eradication challenges

Polio -- PakistanTwo new polio cases were reported from Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [KP] on [Sat 11 May 2019], raising the number of polio victims to 15 in the country this year [2019].Health experts, however, feared the number of polio cases would grow further by the end of 2019, as health and polio workers have been facing multiple problems to eradicate the disease in Pakistan and particularly in KP and erstwhile tribal areas. According to officials, the National Institute of Health (NIH) Read more [...]