No new Wild Polio cases reported this week!
What is that Polio Picture? Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a condition that can affect polio survivors decades after they recover from their initial poliovirus infection.
World Polio Day – October 24, 2021
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2021 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 325 – Afghanistan – 43 (308 in 2020), Angola – 0 (3 in 2020),Benin – 2 (3 in 2020), Burkina Faso – 1 (65 in 2020), Cameroon – 0 (7 in 2020), CAR – 0 (4 in 2020), Chad – 0 (99 in 2020), Congo – 2 (2 in 2020), Cote d’ Ivoire – 0 (62 in 2020), DRC – 10 (81 in 2020), Ethiopia – 9 (36 in 2020), Ghana – 0 (11 in 2020), Guinea – 6 (44 in 2020), Liberia – 3 (0 in 2020),Madagascar – 9 (2 in 2020), Mali – 0 (52 in 2020),Malaysia – 0 (1 in 2020), Niger – 0 (10 in 2020), Nigeria – 187 (8 in 2020), Pakistan – 8 (135 in 2020), Philippines – 0 (1 in 2020), Senegal – 14 (0 in 2020) ,Sierra Leone – 5 (10 in 2020), Somalia – 0 (13 in 2020), South Sudan – 9 (50 in 2020), Sudan – 0 (58 in 2020), Tajikistan – 32 (1 in 2020), Togo – 0 (9 in 2020), Ukraine – 1 (0 in 2020), and Yemen – 3 (33 in 2020).
New This Week – Cote d Ivoire – 1 (2020) cVDPV2 Case, Nigeria – 17 cVDPV2 Cases, Tajikistan 4 cVDPV2 environmental samples, Ukraine – 1 cVDPV2 Case.
A total of 1,108 Vaccine Derived Polio cases were reported in 26 countries in 2020.
Quote of the Day
“There’s something about the whole idea of eradicating polio that grabs the imagination. Most people take steps toward achievements, and it’s almost always into the never-never. Eradication is a zero sum game; anything short of zero is a failure. You keep getting closer and closer, but ultimately the only number that actually matters is zero.”
Aiden O’Leary, WHO Polio Eradication Director
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
0 new Polio cases reported this week.
1 Wild Polio cases – 2021. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 1/27/21.
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020. No WPV1 & CVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
0 new Polio cases reported this past week.
1 Wild Polio case – 2021. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 1/1/21.
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020. No WPV1 & CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Sample were reported this week in Afghanistan.
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36
