Polio Update - December 11th
Africa - It has been over 4 months since the last reported Polio case in Africa on July 24, 2014.
Pakistan - A nation-wide Polio Immunization Drive started this past Monday in 158 Districts around Pakistan with 99,739 immunization teams targeting a total of 34 million children.
The Final Three Endemic Countries:
Pakistan - 276 Polio cases recorded in 2014, compared to 74 on this date in 2013, with the most recent case reported on 11/22/14 in Bannu, FATA.
Afghanistan - 24 Polio cases recorded in 2014 compared to 11 on this date in 2013, with the most recent case reported on 11/05/14 from Kandahar.
Nigeria - 6 Polio cases recorded in 2014 compared to 50 on this date in 2013, with the most recent case reported on 7/24/14. Large-scale Sub-National Immunization Days are planned for Northern Nigeria December 13-16.
Importation Countries:
Ethiopia - 1 Polio Case reported in 2014 compared to 9 in 2013.
Kenya - 0 Polio cases reported in 2014 compared to 14 in 2013.
Cameroon - 5 Polio Cases reported in 2014 compared to 4 in 2013.
Somalia - 5 Polio cases recorded in 2014 compared to 194 in 2013.
Iraq - 2 Polio cases reported in 2014 compared to 0 in 2013.
Syria - 1 Polio case reported in 2014 compared to 35 in 2013.
Equatorial Guinea - 5 Polio Cases reported in 2014 - 0 in 2013.
New Polio cases reported this week:
Pakistan 8, Afghanistan 1, Nigeria 0
2014 Polio Case Breakdown by Country (Green Numbers are 2013 Totals)
Endemic Countries –276 Pakistan(2013-93), 24 Afghanistan (2013-14), 6 Nigeria(2013-53)
2013&2014 Importation Countries – 5 Cameroon (2013-4), 5 Eq. Guinea (2013-0)
5 Somalia (2013-194), 0 Kenya (2013 –14), 1 Ethiopia (2013-9), 1 Syria (2013-35), 2 Iraq (2013-0)