POLIO ERADICATION UPDATE
Posted by Terry Ziegler, Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, District 5890
Pakistan - No new Polio cases reported in Pakistan. Twenty-eight Polio cases have been reported in 2015 compared to 104 at this time last year.
Yemen - Despite the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, a humanitarian pause enabled 50,000 children to be reached with the oral polio vaccine during the final week of Ramadan - See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.bmLGC0xA.dpuf
The Final Three Endemic Countries:
Pakistan - Twenty Eight Polio cases reported in 2015 with 306 cases recorded in 2014 The most recent case was reported on 06/30/15 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Afghanistan - Six Polio cases reported in 2015 with 28 cases recorded in 2014. The most recent case was reported on 06/27/15 from the Shindand District of the Hirat Province.
Nigeria - Zero Polio cases reported in 2015 with 6 cases recorded in 2014. The most recent case was reported on 7/24/14.
Importation Countries:
Ethiopia (1 case in 2014), Cameroon (5 cases in 2014), Somalia (5 cases in 2014), Iraq (2 cases in 2014), Syria (1 case in 2014), & Equatorial Guinea (5 cases in 2014) - all report no Polio cases in 2015.
Ethiopia (1 case in 2014), Cameroon (5 cases in 2014), Somalia (5 cases in 2014), Iraq (2 cases in 2014), Syria (1 case in 2014), & Equatorial Guinea (5 cases in 2014) - all report no Polio cases in 2015.