Terry’s Polio Eradication Update
Dear Polio Eradication Warriors,
Terry's Polio Eradication Update
For The Week October 28, 2023 Polio Eradication Update
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Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER!
20,500,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
| Total paralysis cases | YTD '23 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Globally |
10 |
30 |
6 |
140 |
176 |
33 |
22 |
37 |
| -in endemic countries: |
10 |
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 1, Afghanistan 0
2023 Wild Polio Cases - 10
Endemic Countries
Pakistan - 4 (2022-20) (2021-1) (2020-84) (2019-147)
Afghanistan - 6 (2022-2) (2021-4) (2020-56) (2019-29)
Post-Endemic Countries
Mozambique (2022-8), Malawi (2021-1)
2023 Vaccine Derived Polio 331 Cases - in 19 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 END POLIO NOW Coordinator 2024-27
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 10/28/2023
1 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 10/1/23.
17 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 10/28/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/24/23.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
6 Wild Polio cases – 2023
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Polio This Week - Weekly country updates
Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
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Rotary’s $150 million pledge
What is that Polio Picture? Rotary International President Jennifer Jones announces Rotary's $150 million pledge toward polio eradication efforts at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival in New York City on Sept 24. The additional funding Jones...
WHO Afghanistan’s polio eradication program
What is that Polio Picture? Afghanistan - For the last two decades, the prospect of sending 16 visiting polio experts out across the provinces of Afghanistan would have been impossible but from June 6-19, 2022, WHO Afghanistan’s polio eradication...
Parents and Children line up for polio vaccine in 1953
What is that Polio Picture? These two pictures show a tale of two times. The first shows parents and children lined up in New York to receive the new Polio Vaccine on 7/1/53. And the second shows the New York Health Department's estimate of the...
Rotary’s End Polio Now Day
What is that Polio Picture? Many Rotarians are now engaged in ways to increase Polio Eradication awareness and fundraising around World Polio Day (Oct 24). Have you considered an event like this one at Audi Field in Washington DC? See the picture...
Literacy helps polio eradication
What is that Polio Picture? Literacy Helps Polio Eradication. I'm a volunteer for a large Books For The World literacy project led by our District 5890 Rotary Club of Seabrook. We have shipped over 400 - 40' containers of children's, Library, and...
One Rotarian who stands head and shoulders above everyone else is PDG Terry Ziegler. Terry is from District 5890, Greater Houston, TX. Terry has a passion for Polio Eradication and has served for several years as the district 5890 Polio Plus chair and most recently as the Assistant Rotary Regional Foundation Coordinator. It is a pleasure to call Terry a friend, and be able to share his weekly newsletter with all of you each week. I hope that you find it helpful and share it with your club mates. Please scroll down to see archived copies of Terry’s weekly newsletter.
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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