PAKTYA: No polio case recorded this year

9 Sep 2013

PAKTYA: No polio case recorded this year

PAKTYA - Health officials in in Paktya said they did not record any polio case in the entire region including Paktya, Khost, Ghazni and Paktika provinces this year.

During a meeting with journalists, an official from the Public Health Department, Noor Ahmad Mohammadi, said no polio case was recorded since January although the officials had recorded five polio positive cases last year – three in Khost and two in Paktya provinces.

The main purpose of the meeting was to increase public awareness about this contagious disease and to draw media cooperation in the outreach campaign, according to an official with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Dr. Wazir. The UNICEF, together with the UN World Health Organization, support government efforts to eradicate polio.

Source: Awoshtoon Radio