What is that Polio Picture?
Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. The strategy to eradicate polio is therefore based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
World Immunization Week – April 24-30, 2023
A Win Against Polio is a Win for Global Health!
One new (2023) Wild Polio case reported this week. We are now 4 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case – on 2/20/22 in Pakistan.
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 39 Benin – 1, Central African Republic – 5, Chad – 5, DR Congo – 16, Indonesia – 3, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 5, Mozambique – 1, Nigeria – 1, Somalia – 1.
New Polio Cases & Samples This Week – Afghanistan – 1 WPV1 Sample, Algeria – 2 cVDPV2 Samples, Benin – 1 cVDPV2 Sample, Burundi – 1 cVDPV2 Sample, Chad – 1 cVDPV2 Case, DR Congo – 9 cVDPV2 Cases + 12 cVDPV1 Cases, Madagascar – 6 cVDPV1 Samples, Mozambique – 1 cVDPV1 Case, Nigeria – 1 cVDPV2 Sample.
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 843 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 3, Benin – 11 (3 in 2021), Burundi – 1, Cameroon – 3 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 5, Chad -44 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 476 (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 – 21 (2 in 2021), Niger – 15 (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
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection“
— Buddha
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan
as of 4/8/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 2/20/23.
0 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
1 Wild Polio cases – 2023
20 Wild Polio cases – 2022
1 Wild Polio case – 2021
84 Wild Polio cases – 2020
Afghanistan
as of 4/8/2023
0 new Polio cases reported this week. The most recent cases had an onset of paralysis on 8/29/22.
1 WPV1 and 0 CVDPV2-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
0 Wild Polio cases – 2023
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
