Thursday, 16 August 2018

PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (36): Papua New Guinea (EH)

Polio -- Papua New Guinea
In a follow-up on the polio situation in Papua New Guinea, a new polio case was reported this week by the National Department of Health of Papua New Guinea (NDOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in a 22-month old girl from Eastern Highlands Province.
This is the 4th case in the country, following confirmation of 2 cases from Morobe Province in June and July 2018 and a case from Enga in early August [2018].
The girl had an onset of paralysis on [Sun 8 Jul 2018]. Based on initial

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5970562&promed&0

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