Special Camps/Events
Though services by the center are provided on the regular basis and/or when cases are identified by the local
partners, some special events are worth mentioning here
Free Polio Rehabilitation Camp in India -2009
Dr. Anant Bagul, an orthopedic surgeon and Founder of Chaitanya Hospital, Pune, India has been collaborating with Dr. Dodani for over 7 years now. Both Center and Chaitanya hospital reached to an agreement to provide services to polio survivors in India and Dr. Bagul played a pivotal role in identifying polio cases for the organization. The first CfPPR rehabilitation camp was arranged in December 2009 in collaboration with Chaitanya hospital. Drs. Wise and Dodani (CfPPR team) visited Pune to start this partnership and provide services to some of the polio survivors whose details were already provided by Dr. Bagul before the visit. In above Pic Dr Bagul (Black Suit) and his Staff.
Inauguration of CFPPR and Chaitanya hospital collaboration Chaitanya Hospital (earlier called Dharmadaya sanstha) is a charitable trust vide Reg. No. Mah/710/2001/Pune, which aims at providing support and medical treatment for orthopedic disabled children. This organization is working without any Government Grant/support and provides free/concessional Medical treatment to poor and needy female children, esp. with polio
With Dr. Bagul’s team, Drs. Wise and Dodani visited orphan school where many children with polio are stationed. Most of the polio assessment were performed by Drs. Bagul and Wise. Many of these children were exceptionally bring and multi-talent. One such example is provided in the given below video of a 9 yrs. old polio survivor with polio of both arms and he writes with his feet. https://youtu.be/yg33G-udbXI
Below Pictures: Dr. Dodani Lighting up candles at Inauguration. Dr. Bagul and his team showing polio patients to Dr. Dodani admitted for surgery
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On the request of CPPRI team, a polio camp was organized and Dr. Bagul took CPPRI team along with other hospital stuff. The purpose of this camp was to identify polio cases who can be best candidates for Rehabilitation including corrective surgery.
In Picture: Drs. Wise and Sunita Dodani with Polio child performing physical assessment of a polio survivor at the Orphanage school, India
In Picture: Drs. Wise and Sunita Dodani with Polio child performing physical assessment of a polio survivor at the Orphanage school, India
Over 30 corrective surgeries were performed by Dr. Bagul that included osteotomies, triple orthodesis and many more. Necessary orthotics were also provided by the Center to all polio survivors seen at the camp as well as to those who underwent surgeries. In addition, Dr. Wise was involved in teaching Dr. Bagul’s physiotherapists the latest rehabilitation therapies that were more appropriate as per needs of these children.
In Picture: Dr. Wise assisting Dr. Bagul in the “Anterior Osteotomy” procedure of a polio survivor during surgery
CfPPR Polio Rehabilitation Efforts in Pakistan- 2014-Present
Center has paid special emphasis on providing un-conditional support with efforts to help huge number of polio survivors in Pakistan. Sadly Polio is endemic in Pakistan and not only efforts are required on polio prevention but also on Polio rehabilitation. There is huge burden of polio survivors in the country and majority of the survivors families are living in poverty. Not only rehabilitative supports are needed, but proper education and awareness about polio and polio care is needed. Moreover more emphasis is required in the Northern areas of Pakistan where polio burden is enormous with recent outburst of more than 2000 new cases in NWFP (Northern Pakistan)
CfPPR team collaboratively work with orthopedic teams under the leadership of Dr. Sulaiman (CfPPR Director) and Dr. Abbas to efficiently provide services to the needy polio survivors
In 2014, Dr. Dodani visited Pakistan and in collaboration with Dr. Ali (CfPPR collaborator and an Affiliate) over 20 different surgeries were performed by Dr. Ali at Peshawar (City in Northern State of Pakistan and post-operative physiotherapy programs were also developed for individual cases. In addition, appropriate Orthotics were also provided.
In Picture: Dr. Wise assisting Dr. Bagul in the “Anterior Osteotomy” procedure of a polio survivor during surgery
CfPPR Polio Rehabilitation Efforts in Pakistan- 2014-Present
Center has paid special emphasis on providing un-conditional support with efforts to help huge number of polio survivors in Pakistan. Sadly Polio is endemic in Pakistan and not only efforts are required on polio prevention but also on Polio rehabilitation. There is huge burden of polio survivors in the country and majority of the survivors families are living in poverty. Not only rehabilitative supports are needed, but proper education and awareness about polio and polio care is needed. Moreover more emphasis is required in the Northern areas of Pakistan where polio burden is enormous with recent outburst of more than 2000 new cases in NWFP (Northern Pakistan)
CfPPR team collaboratively work with orthopedic teams under the leadership of Dr. Sulaiman (CfPPR Director) and Dr. Abbas to efficiently provide services to the needy polio survivors
In 2014, Dr. Dodani visited Pakistan and in collaboration with Dr. Ali (CfPPR collaborator and an Affiliate) over 20 different surgeries were performed by Dr. Ali at Peshawar (City in Northern State of Pakistan and post-operative physiotherapy programs were also developed for individual cases. In addition, appropriate Orthotics were also provided.
Pic 1. 4-year old polio child with deformity- Before corrective surgery
Pic 2. Dr. Ali with the 4--yr old child after Corrective surgery and cast applied)
Pic 3. Dr. Ali performing polio corrective surgeries for CfPPR in Peshawar, Pakistan
Pic 4. 16 yr old girl with Right leg polio, after corrective surgery and in cast. (Performed by Dr. Ali)
26 November 2008
Global advisory body urges bold new initiatives to complete eradication
The Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication (ACPE), the global advisory body to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, has called for bold new initiatives to complete the job of polio eradication. Reviewing the epidemiology of poliovirus in the four remaining endemic countries Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the ACPE noted the range of difference in the performance of eradication programmes in the remaining endemic countries, facing unique epidemiological and operational challenges.
India has a very high performing programme, which faces unique epidemiological challenges due to highly-efficient virus transmission coupled with suboptimal efficacy of oral polio vaccine (OPV). The ACPE concluded that wild poliovirus transmission will be rapidly interrupted, if the current efforts are sustained and contingency plans to enhance programme performance are implemented. In particular, supplementing monovalent OPV type 1 (mOPV1) campaigns with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in key highest-risk districts of western Uttar Pradesh state should be explored.
Afghanistan's eradication programme benefits from top political commitment and engagement, community determination and ongoing innovation which has resulted in transmission of virus being largely restricted to the severely security-compromised areas in the country's Southern Region. With virus transmission less intense in Afghanistan than in both India and Pakistan, the ACPE noted that with modestly increased-access to high-risk areas in the Southern Region, poliovirus transmission will be stopped. To help secure this, a Presidential directive should be issued to all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the Southern Region, to make polio eradication a key priority.
Pakistan has a sound eradication programme, but because of very efficient virus transmission, gaps in campaign quality and a deterioration in security in a key transmission zone, requires further improvements in campaign quality and continued innovation to complete eradication. Particularly important, according to the ACPE, will be to achieve an appropriate balance among monovalent and trivalent OPV in each infected area, conduct seroprevalence surveys to ensure a clearer programme assessment, and ensure full and accountable oversight by district-level political leadership.
In Nigeria, the new, high-level political commitment at the national level has not yet led to field-level improvements in operational quality, as upwards of 30% of children remain unvaccinated in key areas in the north of the country (notably in Kano state). This has led to a new outbreak of type 1 polio which has spread internationally to six countries across west Africa. While the ACPE noted improvements in those areas where ownership by state- and district-level political leadership is evident, such engagement at these levels must be secured across all northern high-risk states.
In re-infected areas, the ACPE noted that continued international spread of polio and number of importations into polio-free countries remained unchanged from 2007 and has indeed plateaued. The group highlighted that implementation of new internationally-agreed outbreak response guidelines have markedly reduced the consequences associated with new outbreaks (ie shorter outbreaks with fewer associated cases). Given the ongoing risk of importations due to continued indigenous circulation of wild poliovirus in northern Nigeria and India, the group consequently put forward new immunization recommendations for travelers to- and from polio-affected areas to reflect current knowledge of risks.
The ACPE strongly urged an interim review of progress against its recommendations in April 2009.
For further information on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, please visit www.polioeradication.org.
Pic 2. Dr. Ali with the 4--yr old child after Corrective surgery and cast applied)
Pic 3. Dr. Ali performing polio corrective surgeries for CfPPR in Peshawar, Pakistan
Pic 4. 16 yr old girl with Right leg polio, after corrective surgery and in cast. (Performed by Dr. Ali)
26 November 2008
Global advisory body urges bold new initiatives to complete eradication
The Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication (ACPE), the global advisory body to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, has called for bold new initiatives to complete the job of polio eradication. Reviewing the epidemiology of poliovirus in the four remaining endemic countries Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the ACPE noted the range of difference in the performance of eradication programmes in the remaining endemic countries, facing unique epidemiological and operational challenges.
India has a very high performing programme, which faces unique epidemiological challenges due to highly-efficient virus transmission coupled with suboptimal efficacy of oral polio vaccine (OPV). The ACPE concluded that wild poliovirus transmission will be rapidly interrupted, if the current efforts are sustained and contingency plans to enhance programme performance are implemented. In particular, supplementing monovalent OPV type 1 (mOPV1) campaigns with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in key highest-risk districts of western Uttar Pradesh state should be explored.
Afghanistan's eradication programme benefits from top political commitment and engagement, community determination and ongoing innovation which has resulted in transmission of virus being largely restricted to the severely security-compromised areas in the country's Southern Region. With virus transmission less intense in Afghanistan than in both India and Pakistan, the ACPE noted that with modestly increased-access to high-risk areas in the Southern Region, poliovirus transmission will be stopped. To help secure this, a Presidential directive should be issued to all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the Southern Region, to make polio eradication a key priority.
Pakistan has a sound eradication programme, but because of very efficient virus transmission, gaps in campaign quality and a deterioration in security in a key transmission zone, requires further improvements in campaign quality and continued innovation to complete eradication. Particularly important, according to the ACPE, will be to achieve an appropriate balance among monovalent and trivalent OPV in each infected area, conduct seroprevalence surveys to ensure a clearer programme assessment, and ensure full and accountable oversight by district-level political leadership.
In Nigeria, the new, high-level political commitment at the national level has not yet led to field-level improvements in operational quality, as upwards of 30% of children remain unvaccinated in key areas in the north of the country (notably in Kano state). This has led to a new outbreak of type 1 polio which has spread internationally to six countries across west Africa. While the ACPE noted improvements in those areas where ownership by state- and district-level political leadership is evident, such engagement at these levels must be secured across all northern high-risk states.
In re-infected areas, the ACPE noted that continued international spread of polio and number of importations into polio-free countries remained unchanged from 2007 and has indeed plateaued. The group highlighted that implementation of new internationally-agreed outbreak response guidelines have markedly reduced the consequences associated with new outbreaks (ie shorter outbreaks with fewer associated cases). Given the ongoing risk of importations due to continued indigenous circulation of wild poliovirus in northern Nigeria and India, the group consequently put forward new immunization recommendations for travelers to- and from polio-affected areas to reflect current knowledge of risks.
The ACPE strongly urged an interim review of progress against its recommendations in April 2009.
For further information on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, please visit www.polioeradication.org.