<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><br>> Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (KP)<br>> To: <a href="mailto:promed-post@promedmail.org" target="_blank">promed-post@promedmail.org</a>, <a href="mailto:promed-edr-post@promedmail.org" target="_blank">promed-edr-post@promedmail.org</a>,<br>
> <a href="mailto:promed-ahead-post@promedmail.org" target="_blank">promed-ahead-post@promedmail.org</a><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> LEISHMANIASIS - PAKISTAN: (KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA)<br>> **********************************************<br>
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> <br>> Date: Wed 5 Mar 2014<br>> Source: The News International [edited]<br>> <<a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-7-236402-Leishmaniasis-cases-seen-rising-in-Kohat" target="_blank">http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-7-236402-Leishmaniasis-cases-seen-rising-in-Kohat</a>><br>
> <br>> <br>> The [Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa] provincial government has failed to control<br>> leishmaniasis disease found in over 1000 persons, including women and<br>> children, in the suburbs of Kohat city, sources said.<br>
> <br>> The sources said leishmaniasis had affected over 1000 people mostly<br>> women and children in Barh, Jabbi, and other areas for the last 3<br>> months but the health authorities were keeping quiet over the issue.<br>
> <br>> Despite several attempts, District Health Officer [DHO] Habibur Rehman<br>> did not attend the call as he had been in Peshawar for the last one<br>> week. When contacted, Assistant Commissioner Farrukh Attique said that<br>
> he had discussed the issue with the DHO and asked him to take prompt<br>> action and send medical teams to the affected areas for vaccination<br>> [see comment below].<br>> <br>> Meanwhile, Additional Assistant Commissioner Fakhr Khan said that he<br>
> had informed the Health Department about the epidemic long before, but<br>> had received no response so far.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Communicated by:<br>> ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts<br>> <<a href="mailto:promed@promedmail.org" target="_blank">promed@promedmail.org</a>><br>
> <br>> [It is presumed that the report is about cutaneous leishmaniasis, CL.<br>> Leishmaniasis is highly endemic in Pakistan, but it is unclear what<br>> the denominator is.<br>> <br>> Kohat is the administrative center of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of<br>
> Pakistan, located in the northwest close to the border with<br>> Afghanistan.<br>> <br>> The report mentions "teams for vaccination". This must be a mistake,<br>> as there is no vaccine for leishmaniasis.<br>
> <br>> A detailed discussion of leishmaniasis in the tribal areas of Pakistan<br>> is included in the 3 Feb 2014 ProMED-mail post from Leishmaniasis -<br>> Pakistan: (TA) 20140203.2252445. - Mod.EP<br>> <br>
> Maps of Pakistan can be seen at<br>> <<a href="http://www.mapsofworld.com/pakistan/pakistan-political-map.html" target="_blank">http://www.mapsofworld.com/pakistan/pakistan-political-map.html</a>> and<br>> <<a href="http://healthmap.org/promed/p/35382" target="_blank">http://healthmap.org/promed/p/35382</a>>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]<br>
> <br>> [See Also:<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (TA) 20140203.2252445<br>> 2013<br>> ----<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (02): (FATA), cutaneous 20130518.1722196<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (KP) 20130303.1568339<br>
> 2012<br>> ----<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (03): (KP) 20121228.1473148<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (02): (KP) 20121122.1420716<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan: (KP) cutaneous 20120429.1117486<br>> 2005<br>
> ----<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Balochistan, Sindh)(02) 20050206.0403<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Balochistan, Sindh) 20050113.0115<br>> 2004<br>> ----<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan & India: background 20040201.0392<br>
> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind) (02) 20040127.0324<br>> Leishmaniasis - Pakistan (Sind) 20040126.0309]<br>> .................................................sb/ep/mj/lm<br>> *##########################################################*<br>
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