Key indicator for AFP surveillance ?.
(A) At least one case of non-polio AFP per year per 1000 population of under 5 years (B) At least one case of non-polio AFP per year per 100000 population of under 5 year (C) At least one case of non-polio AFP per year per 1000 population of under 15 years (D) At least one case of non-polio AFP per year per 100000 population of under 15 years
(D) Ans.d) At least one case of non-polio AFP per year per 100000 population of under 15 years 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) surveillanceAcute 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.