Polio in Pakistan: Social constraints and travel implications

Mushtaq, Asim; Mehmood, Sajid; Rehman, Muhammad Ateeq Ur; Younas, Asma; Rehman, Muhammad Saif Ur; Malik, Muhammad Faheem

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.06.004

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“…Poliomyelitis is a vaccine preventable disease; however, poliomyelitis eradication is hindered by the potential spread by international travelers [26]. There are reports of Hajj associated poliomyelitis cases.…”

Section: Poliomyelitismentioning

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Expected immunizations and health protection for Hajj and Umrah 2018 —An overview

Al‐Tawfiq

Gautret

Memish

2017

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Section: Poliomyelitismentioning

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Expected immunizations and health protection for Hajj and Umrah 2018 —An overview

Al‐Tawfiq

Gautret

Memish

2017

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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“…There are international obligations which require pilgrims to travel only after vaccination. 11 This is a big reason for awareness among all travellers from this region to get recommended vaccination. Zafer et al 12 have also documented in their study of similar pattern, with falling infections during hajj due to better steps taken by governments.…”

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Health knowledge and attitude practices in Pakistani Hajj Pilgrims.

Khan¹,

Ahmad²,

Shakeel

et al. 2020

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Background: Pakistan has one of the highest number of Hajj pilgrims among all Islamic countries. Health of pilgrims play an important role in performing rituals of Hajj. It depends on their knowledge and attitude about health. Aims: In this study, we aimed to determine the Knowledge and Attitude about health in Pakistani Hajj pilgrims. Study Design: Questionnaire based prospective cross-sectional study. Setting: Lahore General Hospital, Pakistan. Period: June to August 2018. Material & Methods: 150 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims were randomly selected. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of demographic information (sex, age, previous chronic ailment), health knowledge (4 questions) and health attitude (12 questions). Results: There were more males (71.3%) than females (28.7%). Most participants were between 31 to 50 years (48.7%), above 50 (30 %), 20% below 30 years and only 1.3% above 70 years. Majority (62.7%) had no previous illness, 8.7 % had diabetes, 11.3% Hypertension, 1.3% cirrhotic, and 16% had more than one co-morbidity. Level of knowledge was best in hand hygiene (100%) and vaccination (86.7%), but least in heat stroke 32.7% and chronic ailment 30.7%. Regarding attitude, 64% had positive attitude for wearing mask, 20.7% knew 5 movements, 77.3% food handling, 84% using one time razor for shaving, 25.3% features of heat stroke, 19.3% knew management of heat stroke, 97.3% knew about wearing light colored clothes, 30.7% for maintaining medicine of previous illness, 78% followed same diet precaution, 9.3% aware on carrying medicine, 4% on wearing medic alert bracelet. 86.7% had positive attitude for polio vaccine, 83.3% for influenza vaccine, 84.7% for meningitis vaccine and 82.7% for pneumonia vaccine. Conclusions: Educational strategy is required to improve knowledge and attitude on heat stroke and chronic ailment management.

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“…Although poliomyelitis is a vaccine preventable disease, its eradication is delayed by the potential spread by international travelers [37]. The number of poliomyelitis in 2018 and 2019 across many countries is shown in Figure 1, data were based on the Polio Global Eradication Initiative [38].…”

Section: Poliomyelitismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges

Al‐Tawfiq¹,

Memish²

2019

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Each year millions of pilgrims perform the annual Hajj from more than 180 countries around the world. This is one of the largest mass gathering events and may result in the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases. As such, there are mandatory vaccinations for the pilgrims such as meningococcal vaccines. The 2019 annual Hajj will take place during August 8–13, 2019. Thus, we review the recommended and mandated vaccinations for the 2019 Hajj and Umrah. The mandatory vaccines required to secure the visa include the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine for all pilgrims, while yellow fever, and poliomyelitis vaccines are required for pilgrims coming from countries endemic or with disease activity. The recommended vaccines are influenza, pneumococcal, in addition to full compliance with basic vaccines for all pilgrims against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, and mumps. It is imperative to continue surveillance for the spread of antimicrobial resistance and occurrence of all infectious diseases causing outbreaks across the globe in the last year, like Zika virus, MDR-Typhoid, Nipah, Ebola, cholera, chikungunya and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.

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Polio in Pakistan: Social constraints and travel implications

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Expected immunizations and health protection for Hajj and Umrah 2018 —An overview

Expected immunizations and health protection for Hajj and Umrah 2018 —An overview

Health knowledge and attitude practices in Pakistani Hajj Pilgrims.

The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges

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