AFP surveillance registry indicator is ?: (A) Number of AFP cases repoed, (B) Number of wild polio-virus positive cases, (C) Number of non-polio AFP < 5 years, (D) Number of non-polio AFP < 15 years
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., Number of AFP cases repoed The number of AFP cases repoed each year is used as an indicator of a country's ability to detect polio, even in countries where the disease no longer occurs. Polio surveillance It is the most impoant pa of whole polio eradication intiative. It has two components:? Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance Acute flaccid paralysis is defined as acute onset (< 4 weeks) of flaccid paralysis (reduced tone) without other obvious cause in children WHO recommends the immediate repoing and investigation of every case of AFP in children less than 15 years.