No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 4 week since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 5/16/23 in Afghanistan.
What is that Polio Picture?
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 114 Benin – 2, Central African Republic – 7, Chad – 8, Cite d’ Ivoire – 1, DR Congo – 19, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 9, Mali – 2, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 6, Somalia – 2.
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –
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- Afghanistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample
- Pakistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample
- Côte d’Ivoire: one cVDPV2 case
- DRC: 10 cVDPV1 and six cVDPV2 cases
- Madagascar: two cVDPV1 positive environmental samples
- Mali: two cVDPV2 cases
- Nigeria: four cVDPV2 cases
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 909 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 5, 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 – 15 (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
“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.“
— Danny Kaye (1911-1987), American actor
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 6/17/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 2/20/23.
1 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
1 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Afghanistan
as of 6/17/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 5/16/23.
1 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
4 Wild Polio cases – 2023
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
