Polio Update

Polio infrastructure helps combat Ebola in Nigeria -Rotary’s investments in polio eradication infrastructure in Nigeria has helped the government stop the Ebola outbreak there. The polio surveillance network, which is used to monitor incidence of polio, is now also being used to identify and track suspected Ebola.

Wild Polio Virus Type 3 - Two Down and One To Go! - It has been two years since the last case due to wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) was reported. WPV3 was last detected globally on 10 November 2012, in Yobe, Nigeria. In Asia, the last WPV3 was detected in April 2012, in Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan. All cases due to wild poliovirus in the past two years have been caused by wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). Wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) has not been detected since 1999.

Africa - It has been over 3 months since the last reported Polio case in Africa on July 24.

Pakistan - The UAE has agreed to provide an additional $21 Million to Pakistan for Polio Eradication in Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA over the next year.  Over 750,000 people have been immunized at transit points in the last few months.