Polio Update - October 1st
Polio this week as of 1 October 2014
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All cases of wild poliovirus type 1 reported this week were from Pakistan. In 2014, Pakistan has accounted for 83% of cases reported globally. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) constitute the most heavily infected area of the world, with 73% of cases worldwide occurring within these provinces.
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The risk of international spread of polio from Pakistan remains high. The bulk of cases in neighbouring Afghanistan are linked to cross-border transmission with Pakistan, and the outbreak affecting the Middle East originated in Pakistan.
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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) is meeting this week in London to review the progress of the past months. The IMB report will be published in 3 weeks.
Wild Poliovirus (WPV) cases
Total cases
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Year-to-date 2014
|
Year-to-date 2013
|
Total in 2013
|
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Globally
|
209
|
284
|
416
|
- in endemic countries
|
190
|
91
|
160
|
- in non-endemic countries
|
19
|
193
|
256
|
Case breakdown by country
Countries
|
Year-to-date 2014
|
Year-to-date 2013
|
Total in 2013 |
Date of most
recent case |
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WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
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Pakistan
|
174
|
|
|
174
|
36
|
|
36
|
93
|
14-Sep-14
|
|
Afghanistan
|
10
|
|
|
10
|
6
|
|
|
6
|
14
|
01-Sep-14
|
Nigeria
|
6
|
|
|
6
|
49
|
|
49
|
53
|
24-Jul-14
|
|
Somalia
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
175
|
|
175
|
194
|
11-Aug-14
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
03-May-14
|
Iraq
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
07-Apr-14
|
Cameroon
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
0
|
4
|
09-Jul-14
|
Syria
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0
|
35
|
21-Jan-14
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Ethiopia
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
9
|
05-Jan-14
|
Kenya
|
|
|
0
|
14
|
|
|
14
|
14
|
14-Jul-13
|
|
Total
|
209
|
0
|
0
|
209
|
284
|
0
|
|
284
|
416
|
|
Total in endemic countries
|
190
|
0
|
0
|
190
|
91
|
0
|
91
|
160
|
|
|
Total outbreak
|
19
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
193
|
0
|
0
|
193
|
256
|
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Data in WHO as of 01 September 2013 for 2013 data and 30 September 2014 for 2014 data.
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