Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations
Poliomyelitis, commonly known as “polio” is a paralytic and perilous disease caused by the poliovirus. Due to its highly contagious nature, the virus was a challenge to the world in the late 1980s. Since 1988, the collective work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Centre for Disease...
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| author | Abdul Rehman Shah Syed Syeda Sadia Masood Raza Syeda Javeria Zakir Muhammad Abubakar Shahid Chishti Shahzaib Ahmad Hadin Darain Khan Asif Khaliq Muhammad Ali Muzammil Malik Olatunde Oduoye |
| author_facet | Abdul Rehman Shah Syed Syeda Sadia Masood Raza Syeda Javeria Zakir Muhammad Abubakar Shahid Chishti Shahzaib Ahmad Hadin Darain Khan Asif Khaliq Muhammad Ali Muzammil Malik Olatunde Oduoye |
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| description | Poliomyelitis, commonly known as “polio” is a paralytic and perilous disease caused by the poliovirus. Due to its highly contagious nature, the virus was a challenge to the world in the late 1980s. Since 1988, the collective work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and World Health Organization (WHO) through immunizations, communication awareness, and monitoring have helped the world exonerate polio. This article aims to review on challenges and future recommendations for polio eradication in Pakistan.The mission of polio-free Pakistan was Herculean. It confronted enormous challenges in different ways but came out with positive results. In 2019, with only two remaining polio-endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, GPEI launched an “Endgame strategy 2019–2023,” aiming to eradicate polio globally, focusing on polio-endemic countries. The plan emphasizes the early detection of polio cases for complete eradication and to restrict the spread of polio. Pakistan has achieved a milestone in combating polio despite having a web of factors that have thwarted Pakistan's polio eradication efforts, but this is not the end. The struggle continues until we get an internationally verified certification of a polio-free nation; WHO has designed a multidisciplinary strategy for 2022–2026 to end this polio. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-09a040f268ea4d6c91654f9e5ea7c7182025-08-20T02:46:51ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752025-04-016410157110.1016/j.nmni.2025.101571Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendationsAbdul Rehman Shah Syed0Syeda Sadia Masood Raza1Syeda Javeria Zakir2Muhammad Abubakar Shahid Chishti3Shahzaib Ahmad4Hadin Darain Khan5Asif Khaliq6Muhammad Ali Muzammil7Malik Olatunde Oduoye8Dow University of Health Science (Medicine), PakistanKarachi Medical And Dental College, PakistanDow University of Health Science (Medicine), PakistanKing Edward Medical University, PakistanMayo Hospital Lahore, PakistanShalamar Medical and Dental College Lahore, PakistanSchool of Public Health & Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4059, AustraliaDow University of Health Science (Medicine), PakistanThe Medical Research Circle, Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of the CongoPoliomyelitis, commonly known as “polio” is a paralytic and perilous disease caused by the poliovirus. Due to its highly contagious nature, the virus was a challenge to the world in the late 1980s. Since 1988, the collective work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and World Health Organization (WHO) through immunizations, communication awareness, and monitoring have helped the world exonerate polio. This article aims to review on challenges and future recommendations for polio eradication in Pakistan.The mission of polio-free Pakistan was Herculean. It confronted enormous challenges in different ways but came out with positive results. In 2019, with only two remaining polio-endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, GPEI launched an “Endgame strategy 2019–2023,” aiming to eradicate polio globally, focusing on polio-endemic countries. The plan emphasizes the early detection of polio cases for complete eradication and to restrict the spread of polio. Pakistan has achieved a milestone in combating polio despite having a web of factors that have thwarted Pakistan's polio eradication efforts, but this is not the end. The struggle continues until we get an internationally verified certification of a polio-free nation; WHO has designed a multidisciplinary strategy for 2022–2026 to end this polio.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297525000095PandemicsImmunization programsPoliovirusPakistanWorld health organization |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Rehman Shah Syed Syeda Sadia Masood Raza Syeda Javeria Zakir Muhammad Abubakar Shahid Chishti Shahzaib Ahmad Hadin Darain Khan Asif Khaliq Muhammad Ali Muzammil Malik Olatunde Oduoye Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations New Microbes and New Infections Pandemics Immunization programs Poliovirus Pakistan World health organization |
| title | Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| title_full | Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| title_fullStr | Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| title_short | Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| title_sort | mission of polio eradication in pakistan a review on challenges and future recommendations |
| topic | Pandemics Immunization programs Poliovirus Pakistan World health organization |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297525000095 |
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