What is that Polio Picture?
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 3 Indonesia -2, Nigeria -1
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week – Afghanistan – 2 WPV1 Samples, Algeria – 2 cVDPV2 Samples, DR Congo – 4 cVDPV2 Cases, Madagascar – 2 cVDPV1 Cases + 8 Samples, Mozambique – 2 cVDPV1 Cases, Yemen – 1 cVDPV2 Case + 5 Samples.
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 762. Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 10 (3 in 2021), Cameroon – 2 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 5, Chad -43 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 379 (28 in 2021), Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 14 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 4, Mali – 1, Mozambique – 21 (2 in 2021), Niger – 14 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 47 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 161 (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
”Of all the means which wisdom acquires to insure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.”
— Epicurus, Greek philosopher
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 2/25/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/20/22.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Afghanistan
as of 2/25/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/10/22.
2 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36
