Polio this week as of 1 October 2014
  •  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.
  • 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.
  • 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
Year-to-date 2014
Year-to-date 2013
Total in 2013 
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
 WPV1
 WPV3 
 W1W3
 Total 
 WPV1
 WPV3
 W1W3
 Total 
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
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
 

Data in WHO as of 01 September 2013 for 2013 data and 30 September 2014 for 2014 data.
- See more at: http://polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.GkYIs2wK.dpuf