ISLAMABAD: Three cases of polio were confirmed in September this year - two in Killa Abdullah district in Balochistan and another in Punjab's Lodhran district, while Badin district was the most disease-hit district of the country, says a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report on government healthcare facilities on Wednesday.

However, the report said there was no case of probable poliomyelitis reported in any of the 72 health offices visited in as many districts.

FAFEN Governance Monitors received health statistics from 26 offices of the Executive District Officer (Health) in Punjab, 17 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 16 in Sindh and 11 in Balochistan, along with the office of the Agency Surgeon Health (ASH) in FR Peshawar and the Health Management Information System in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Among the 1,964,518 cases of diseases reported in the monitored districts, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) were the most common, accounting for 45% of the total; a fifth were cases of diarrhea and dysentery, 13% of scabies, 2% of gastroenteritis and 1% of malaria. Read more