Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (03): Pakistan, Laos (cVDPV1), global, WHO, RFI
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (03): Pakistan, Laos (cVDPV1), global, WHO, RFI
Polio -- PakistanWith nearly all of the rest of the world on the brink of being free of polio, the disease's persistence in Pakistan has long challenged health experts both inside and outside the country. Last year [2015], the 51 cases of wild poliovirus reported here represented the bulk of all 70 [72, see section [3] below] cases reported throughout the world.Even so, last year's [2015] count is cause for optimism, since it was a huge drop from the 294 cases reported in Pakistan in 2014, and because Read more [...]
