Polio remains endemic in 3 countries - Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all countries remain at risk of importation of polio especially in the 'poliovirus importation belt' of countries from West Africa to the Horn of Africa.
 
Polio this week as of 28 May 2014
  • A case of polio due to wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week from Iraq, the second child to be paralyzed by polio in the country since the beginning of the Middle East outbreak last year. Countries are currently implementing the second phase of the regional outbreak response. A targeted mop-up campaign is currently ongoing in the area where the two cases in Iraq were found.
  • Rotary International’s Annual Convention is set to take place in Sydney from 1-4 June. A major portion of the convention will be devoted to polio eradication, which is Rotary’s top priority. Watch here the Australian ABC TV report on Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts and the heroism of vaccinators there.
      

    Wild Poliovirus (WPV) cases
Total cases
Year-to-date 2014
Year-to-date 2013
Total in 2013 
Globally
84
41
416
- in endemic countries
74
35
160
- in non-endemic countries
10
6
256
  
- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.z0l4Qg5I.dpuf
 
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
67
 
 
67
9
 
 
9
93
02-May-14
Nigeria
3
 
 
3
24
 
 
24
53
19-Apr-14
Afghanistan
4
 
 
4
2
 
 
2
14
06-Apr-14
Equatorial Guinea
3
 
 
3
 
 
 
0
 0
19-Mar-14
Iraq
2
 
 
2
 
 
 
0
0
07-Apr-14
Cameroon
3
 
 
3
 
 
 
0
4
31-Jan-14
Syria
1
 
 
1
 
 
 
0
35
21-Jan-14
Ethiopia
     1
 
 
1
 
 
 
0
9
05-Jan-14
Somalia
 
 
 
0
4
 
 
4
194
20-Dec-13
Kenya
 
 
 
0
 2
 
 
2
14
14-Jul-13
Total
84
0
0
84
41
0
 
41
416
 
Total in endemic countries     
74
0
0
74
35
0
 
35
160 
 
 Total outbreak
10
   0  
0
10
6
0
0
6
256
 

- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.z0l4Qg5I.dpuf