Polio Update - week of January 15, 2014
Posted by Linda Schuyler
Polio This Week:
The data table below is as of 15 January 2014
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In Syria, polio vaccination campaigns continue despite challenges. According to preliminary results more than 2 million children were immunized against polio across Syria last week during a third round of vaccination in response to a polio outbreak in the country. For more, please click here.
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India celebrates three years since its last case of polio, despite once being considered the most challenging place to end the disease. Pending final clearance of December and January laboratory samples, the Regional Certification Commission is expected to certify the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization as polio-free in March. For more, please click here.
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The WHO Executive Board (EB) will meet in Geneva on 20-25 January. Ahead of the EB session, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) published the report: “Poliomyelitis: intensification of the global eradication initiative”. The full report is available in English and French here.
Wild Poliovirus (WPV) cases:
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Total cases
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Year-to-date 2013
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Year-to-date 2012
|
Total in 2012
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|---|---|---|---|
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Globally
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385
|
223
|
223
|
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- in endemic countries
|
157
|
217
|
217
|
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- in non-endemic countries
|
228
|
6
|
6
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Case breakdown by country:
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Countries
|
Year-to-date 2013
|
Year-to-date 2012
|
Total in 2012 |
Date of most
recent case |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
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|
Pakistan
|
91
|
|
|
91
|
55
|
2
|
1
|
58
|
58
|
28-Dec-13
|
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Afghanistan
|
13
|
|
|
13
|
37
|
|
|
37
|
37
|
20-Dec-13
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Nigeria
|
53
|
|
|
53
|
103
|
19
|
|
122
|
122
|
15 -Oct-13
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Chad
|
|
|
|
0
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
14-Jun-12
|
|
Cameroon
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
30-Oct-13
|
|
Somalia
|
185
|
|
|
185
|
|
0
|
0
|
26-Nov-13
|
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Syrian Arab Republic
|
17
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
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8-Oct-13
|
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Ethiopia
|
8
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
21-Oct-13
|
|
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Kenya
|
14
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
14-Jul-13
|
|
Niger
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
15-Nov-12
|
|
|
Total
|
385
|
0
|
0
|
385
|
201
|
21
|
1
|
223
|
223
|
|
|
Total in endemic countries
|
157
|
0
|
0
|
157
|
195
|
21
|
1
|
217
|
217
|
|
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Total outbreak
|
228
|
0
|
0
|
228
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
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Data in WHO as of 15 January 2013 for 2012 data and 14 January 2014 for 2013 data.
- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.HE71fNoz.dpuf