Polio Eradication Update
Dear Polio Eradication Warriors,
Polio Eradication Update
For The Week August 11, 2023 Polio Eradication Update
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20,000,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
Total paralysis cases | YTD '23 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Globally |
7 |
30 |
6 |
140 |
176 |
33 |
22 |
37 |
-in endemic countries: |
7 |
22 |
5 |
140 |
176 |
33 |
22 |
37 |
-in post-endemic countries: |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Wild Polio cases reported in the past week:
Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 0
2023 Wild Polio Cases - 7
Endemic Countries
Pakistan - 2 (2022-20) (2021-1) (2020-84) (2019-147)
Afghanistan - 5 (2022-2) (2021-4) (2020-56) (2019-29)
Post-Endemic Countries
Mozambique (2022-8), Malawi (2021-1)
2023 Vaccine Derived Polio 192 Cases - in 16 Countries
2022 Vaccine Derived Polio 912 Cases - in 25 Countries
2021 Vaccine Derived Polio 689 Cases in 22 Countries
2020 Vaccine Derived Polio 113 Cases in 26 Countries
Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com Polio Update Newsletter Editor, Rotary Region 36
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 8/12/2023
1 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 8/12/2023
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
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020
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Collecting polio environmental sample, training health workers in Nigeria
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One new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 2 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case - on 6/10/23 in Afghanistan. What is that Polio Picture? Many of our Super Advocates for Global Polio Eradication are Polio Survivors....
Thank You Terry,
A new Rotary Year started on July 1, 2023. Again this year, District Designated Funds (DDF) will be matched $1 to $1 by The Rotary Foundation’s World Fund and $2 to $1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation when donated to Rotary’s Global Polio eradication effort!
Rotary’s World-wide 2023-24 Rotary Year Polio Fundraising Goal is
$150 Million – Including the Gates Foundation $2 to $1 Match.
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