What is that Polio Picture?
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A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 612. Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 1, Benin – 10 (3 in 2021), Cameroon – 1 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 3, Chad – 25 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 259 (28 in 2021), Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 13 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 3, Mozambique – 18 (2 in 2021), Niger – 13 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 42 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 4 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 159 (69 in 2021).
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week – Algeria – 3 cVDPV2 Samples, Cameroon – 1 cVDPV2 Case, Chad – 3 cVDPV2 Cases + 3 Samples, DR Congo – 1 cVDPV1 Case, Nigeria – 1 cVDPV2 Sample, Yemen – 7 cVDPV2 Samples.
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
”No update on Polio would be complete without a big thank-you to Rotary International”
“They were part of this effort long before the Gates Foundation was. Since we became partners on eradication, we’ve jointly raised $1.8 billion for this work, and there’s more to come. Rotarians also lead massive vaccination campaigns to reach children all over the world. Sometime in the next few years, when polio is finally eradicated, my first phone call will be to thank and congratulate the team at Rotary International.”
— From Bill Gates’ December 2022 Gates Notes
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 12/31/2022
0 new Polio cases were reported this week.
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022 (1 Wild Polio case, 2021). The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/20/22.
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020.
0 WPV1 and 0 cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
as of 12/31/2022
0 new Polio cases reported this week.
2 Wild Polio case – 2022, (4 Wild Polio cases, 2021). The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/10/22.
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36
