Polio attacks another child

Islamabad: Another child in Pakistan has fallen prey to polio, sources in the National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed here on Saturday.
The latest victim of the disease is Rubina, four-and-a-half year-old daughter of Abdul Hameed, resident of village Abdullah Mallah, Union Council Mittoo Babar, Tehsil Khairpur Nathan Shah, district Dadu. The child had onset of paralysis on February 19, 2015.
According to parental recall, the child had not received a single dose of oral polio vaccine. Sources shared that the community which the child belongs to consists of no more than 20 to 30 households. “Even though the area is included in the micro plan, and a Lady Health Worker of the same community is a member of the polio team, but as per community statement, another vaccinator visits the community and urges parents to bring their children to a place outside the village for vaccination. Door-to-door visits are not being made in the area,” NIH sources confided. After the latest case, the total polio case count so far this year has reached 19. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tops the list with 7 cases, followed by FATA (6), Sindh (4), and Balochistan (2).