Polio amidst COVID‐19 in Pakistan: Ongoing efforts, challenges, and recommendations

Abdul Moiz Sahito, Aqsa Saleem, Syed Owais Javed, Minaam Farooq, Irfan Ullah and Mohammad Mehedi Hasan

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 4, 1907-1911

Abstract: Poliomyelitis is a crippling viral disease caused by poliovirus, a positive‐stranded RNA virus that is a serotype of Enterovirus C. Pakistan remains one of the countries in the world where poliomyelitis is still prevalent, posing an obstacle to global poliomyelitis eradication. With the commencement of the COVID‐19 pandemic, polio eradication campaigns have proven less feasible, resulting in an increase in polio cases across the country. Pakistan's healthcare system and socio‐economic framework are incapable of dealing with two deadly viruses at the same time. As a result, effective measures for combating the destruction caused by the spread of the poliovirus are required.

Date: 2022
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