Dear Polio Eradication Warriors,
No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 10 weeks since the Onset of Paralysis of the most recent reported Wild Polio Case - in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Note - The 2023 Total Case Count numbers will not be final for a couple of months due to discovery and lab testing times.
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Total Wild Polio cases
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Year-to-date 2024
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Total
2023
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Total
2022
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Total
2021
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Total
2020
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Globally
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0
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12
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30
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6
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140
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- in endemic countries:
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0
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12
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22
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5
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140
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- in post-endemic countries:
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0
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0
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8
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1
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0
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2024 Wild Polio Case Total - 0
2024 Circulating Variant Polio Case Total - 0
2023 Wild Polio Case Total 12 - Afghanistan 6, Pakistan 6
2022 Wild Polio Cases - Pakistan 20, Afghanistan 2, Mozambique 8
2022 Circulating Variant Polio Cases – 914 in 26 Countries
2023 Circulating Variant Polio Case Total - 475 Benin - 3, Burkina Faso - 2, Burundi - 1, Central African Republic - 14, Chad - 51, Cote d' Ivoire - 6, DR Congo - 220, Guinea - 34, Indonesia - 6, Israel - 1, Kenya - 8, Madagascar - 24, Mali - 12, Mauritania - 1, Mozambique - 5,Niger - 1, Nigeria - 70, Somalia - 5, South Sudan - 2, Tanzania - 3, Yemen - 3, Zambia - 1, Zimbabwe - 1.
New Polio Cases & Samples reported this week - (all cases 2023)
- Pakistan: nine WPV1-positive environmental samples
- Algeria: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Congo: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Côte d’Ivoire: four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
- DR Congo: one cVDPV1 case
- Egypt: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Guinea: two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
- Indonesia: one cVDPV2 case
- Mauritania: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Sudan: four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
- Zimbabwe: one cVDPV2 case
Quote of the Day - "For me, a Rotary dream fulfilled is seeing children who were suffering become happy and healthy, their lives filled with new opportunities." Past RI President & Polio Eradication Champion James L Lacy 1930-2023
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. No Wild Polio cases reported in 2024. Six Wild Polio Cases reported in 2023. Twenty Wild Polio cases reported in 2022. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 11/15/23. One WPV1 Sample and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. No Wild Polio cases reported in 2024. Six Wild Polio Cases reported in 2023, Two Wild Polio Cases reported in 2022. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/4/23. No WPV1 Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
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