{"id":694,"date":"2016-06-01T16:08:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=694"},"modified":"2016-07-08T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T16:11:10","slug":"pakistan-says-new-sampling-shows-progress-polio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Says New Sampling Shows Progress Against Polio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-695 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_279092069_2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_279092069_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_279092069_2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_279092069_2-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_279092069_2-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beyondpolio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_279092069_2-1024x639.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For the first time in history, environmental samples for polio in Pakistan came back negative, officials said, which shows a sign of progress in the country\u2019s ongoing fight against the debilitating disease. In April, the World Health Organization supervised the collection of 40 samples, which were then sent to the National Health Institute to be analyzed. In 2015, 22 percent of the samples taken tested positive for polio, which decreased to 9 percent in the first quarter of 2016. Dr. Rana Safdar, head of the National Emergency Operation Center, said that April\u2019s negative samples were a \u201csignificant achievement\u201d but \u201cconsistent efforts\u201d would need to be used to ensure polio\u2019s eradication.<\/p>\n<p>For the full article, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2016\/05\/31\/pakistan-says-new-sampling-shows-progress-against-polio.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit FoxNews.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in history, environmental samples for polio in Pakistan came back negative, officials said, which shows a sign of progress in the country\u2019s ongoing fight against the debilitating disease. 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