Table 1.
Districts within Pakistan where environmental sampling had been initiated between January 2011 – August 2015 and associated information on: neighbouring districts, population size, number of sampling sites, number of samples containing WPV, and cases of poliomyelitis
| District | Neighbours | Total population size (‘000) | Environmental sampling | AFP surveillance and poliomyelitis cases | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites | First sampled | Total | WPVa (%) | non-polio AFP rateb | Poliomyelitis cases | ||||||
| District | Neighbours | District | Neighbours | District | Neighbours | ||||||
| DIKhan | Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lakki Marwat, Layyah, Mianwali, Musakhel, Sharani, Tank, South Waziristan | 1233 | 10,170 | 3 | Oct-14 | 28 | 4 (14.3) | 11.5 | 17.4 | 0 | 43 |
| Peshawar | Charsada, Khyber, Kohat, Mohmand, Nowshera, Charsada, Khyber, Kohat, Mohmand, Nowshera, Peshawar, Kohat, FR Kohat, FR Peshawar | 2556 | 7097 | 2 | Jan-11 | 117 | 85 (72.6) | 17.7 | 24.9 | 55 | 593 |
| Islamabad | Haripur, Rawalpindi | 1303 | 6379 | 1 | Mar-14 | 18 | 2 (11.1) | 2.6 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rawalpindi | Abotabad, Attock, Bagh, Chakwal, Haripur, Islamabad, Jhelum, Kotli, Mirpur, Poonch, Sudnuti | 3779 | 17,747 | 2 | Jan-11 | 76 | 34 (44.7) | 6 | 7.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Lahore | Kasur, Nankana Sahib, Sheikupura | 5946 | 14,529 | 3 | Jan-11 | 216 | 67 (31) | 6 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Faisalabad | Hafizabad, Nankanasahib, Okara, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang, Chiniot | 6597 | 20,274 | 3 | Sep-12 | 96 | 2 (2.1) | 6.6 | 8.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Multan | Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Lodhran, Muzfargarh | 4033 | 15,157 | 3 | Jan-11 | 168 | 33 (19.6) | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Sukkur | Ghotki, Kashmore, Khairpur, Shikarpur | 1113 | 6302 | 2 | Apr-12 | 81 | 17 (21) | 10.1 | 14.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Hyderabad | Jamshoro, Matiari, T Allahyar, Thatta, Tando Muhammad Khan | 1846 | 5628 | 1 | Jul-12 | 38 | 21 (55.3) | 4.6 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldia (Karachi) | Kamari, Orangi, Site | 462 | 2457 | 2 | Jan-11 | 113 | 29 (25.7) | 9.3 | 5.6 | 5 | 7 |
| Gadap (Karachi) | Jamshoro, Binqasim, Gulshan Iqbal, Gulberg, Kamari, Malir, North nazim, North Karachi, Orangi, Site, Lasbela | 429 | 7633 | 3 | Jan-11 | 141 | 75 (53.2) | 25 | 8.1 | 14 | 15 |
| Gulshan Iqbal (Karachi) | Gadap, Gulberg, Jamsheed, Lliaqat, Malir, Shahfaisal | 1094 | 5057 | 2 | Jan-11 | 112 | 40 (35.7) | 7.6 | 43.2 | 2 | 15 |
| Quetta | Killah Abdulah, Mastung, Noshki, Pishin, Ziarat, Harnai | 1724 | 2916 | 3 | Jan-11 | 147 | 51 (34.7) | 11.1 | 12.4 | 27 | 59 |
| Killah Abdullah | Pishin, Quetta | 389 | 2504 | 2 | Oct-14 | 22 | 8 (36.4) | 14.6 | 12.5 | 11 | 7 |
aWild poliovirus isolation (in environmental samples) containing serotype 1 - WPV
bper 100,000 children under 15 years old