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ArticleThe International journal of health planning and management2022

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

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

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Article in The International journal of health planning and management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Poliovirus returns to Pakistan: A rising concern.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022
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  9. Polio amidst COVID-19 in Pakistan: Ongoing efforts, challenges, and recommendations.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdul Moiz SahitoDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7748-3440
Aqsa SaleemDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Syed Owais JavedDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Minaam FarooqKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Irfan UllahKabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Mohammad Mehedi HasanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3871-889X
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKGandhara University · PKKing Edward Medical University · PKMawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

COVID-19PoliomyelitisDisease EradicationHumansImmunization ProgramsPakistanPandemicsCOVID-19Pakistanpoliopublic health crises

Identifiers

PMID35340058
PMCPMC9087498
OpenAlexW4220892835

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