Rotary New Year Resolutions
What is that Polio Picture?
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 627. Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 2, Benin – 10 (3 in 2021), Cameroon – 1 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 4, Chad – 25 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 272 (28 in 2021), Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 13 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 3, Mozambique – 18 (2 in 2021), Niger – 13 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 42 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 4 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 159 (69 in 2021).
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week – Afghanistan – 1 WPV1 Sample, Algeria – 1 cVDPV2 Case, Central African Republic – 1 cVDPV2 Case + 1 Sample, DR Congo – 2 cVDPV1 Cases + 11 cVDPV2 Cases + 2 cVDPV2 Samples, Madagascar – 11 cVDPV1 Samples.
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
”To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.”
— Confucius
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 1/6/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/20/22.
1 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Afghanistan
as of 1/6/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 9/10/22.
3 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
2 Wild Polio case – 2022
4 Wild Polio cases – 2021
56 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36