Geospatial Tracking Systems in Congo
No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 3 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 7/20/23 in Pakistan.
What is that Polio Picture? Since the Republic of Congo first confirmed a case of circulating variant Poliovirus type 1 in March 2023 (the first such detection in more than two decades), the country has been pioneering the deployment of Geospatial Tracking Systems (GTS) to help curb further transmission.
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 198 Benin – 3, Burkina Faso – 2, Burundi – 1, Central African Republic – 10, Chad – 23, Cote d’ Ivoire – 2, DR Congo – 109, Guinea – 1, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Kenya – 2, Madagascar – 13, Mali – 3, Mozambique – 3, Nigeria – 19, Somalia – 2, Tanzania – 1, Zambia – 1.
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week –
- Afghanistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample
- Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
- Benin: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
- Botswana: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
- Burundi: one cVDPV2 case and one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
- Cameroon: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
- Chad: three cVDPV2 cases
- DR Congo: one cVDPV1 case, two cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
- Guinea: one cVDPV2 case
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 912 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 6, 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 – 16 (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
“Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.”
— George Washington Carver – Scientist/Inventor
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 8/19/2023
0 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 8/19/2023
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 (all from Nangarhar Province)
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