No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 5 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 7/20/23 in Pakistan.
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 232 Benin – 3, Burkina Faso – 2, Burundi – 1, Central African Republic – 10, Chad – 29, Cote d’ Ivoire – 2, DR Congo – 135, Guinea – 1, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Kenya – 3, Madagascar – 13, Mali – 3, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 19, Somalia – 2, Tanzania – 1, Yemen – 1, Zambia – 1.
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –
- Pakistan: two WPV1 positive environmental samples
- Chad: six cVDPV2 cases
- DR Congo: seven cVDPV1 cases, nineteen cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
- Kenya: one cVDPV2 case
- Nigeria: six cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
- Yemen: one cVDPV2 Case
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 912 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 6, Chad -44 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 507 (28 in 2021), Republic of Congo – 1, Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 14 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 4, Mali – 2, Mozambique – 22 (2 in 2021), Niger – 16 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 48 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 162 (69 in 2021).
2021 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases -689 in 22 Countries.
2020 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 1,113 in 26 countries in 2020.
Quote of the Day
“May Rotarians continue to be ambassadors of good will to high and low, rich and poor, to all races, to the devotees of all religious faiths and to members of all political parties…”
— Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary International
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 8/26/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 7/20/23.
2 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
2 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Afghanistan
as of 8/26/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 6/10/23.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
5 Wild Polio cases – 2023 (all from Nangarhar Province)
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor Rotary Region 36
