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Rotary International District 5790 End Polio Now Chair David Hurt
For Week Ending Oct.1, 2016
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15,300,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988                                                                                       
 Total paralysis cases
Year-to-date 2016
 
LY to D 2015
Total
2015
 
Total
2014
Total
 2013
Globally
26
41
74
359
416
- in endemic countries:
26
41
74
340
160
- in post-endemic countries:
0
0
0
19
256

 
Polio cases reported this week:
Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 0, Nigeria 0   
 
2016 Polio Case Breakdown by Country (Green Numbers are 2015 Totals)
Endemic Countries –14 Pakistan (2015-54), 9 Afghanistan (2015-20),
3 Nigeria (2015-0)
David Hurt, District 5790 End Polio Now Chair
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See District 5790 Organization Page for Contact information

THIS WEEK

Polio this week as of  28 December 2016

  • In 2016 to date, 35 children have been paralyzed due to wild poliovirus, fewer than in any preceding year. However, eradication requires reaching zero. Poliovirus survives in a limited number of places, with decreasing genetic diversity; the eradication programme continues to intensify its efforts to reach every child.
 
 
Talking Points about the latest Polio Cases in Nigeria
 
Overview:
  • In Nigeria, two children have been paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Borno state.
  • Both cases were reported in July 2016. Prior to these cases, Nigeria had not seen a case of wild polio since 24 July 2014.
  • These cases are most closely linked to a strain of the virus last detected in Borno in 2011, which indicates the virus has been circulating undetected for five years.
  • Borno has been affected by insecurity in recent years, meaning that pockets of children may not have received vaccines and that local gaps in surveillance to detect the disease may exist, allowing the virus to continue circulating.
 
How is the program responding to these new cases?
  • The Government of Nigeria – in partnership with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – is taking immediate steps to respond quickly to the outbreak to prevent further spread of the disease.
  • This response includes five large-scale vaccination campaigns to boost immunity in impacted and at-risk areas – beginning in August and continuing through November.
  • The program continues to employ new strategies to reach children in areas of conflict such as immunizing children at major transit points.
  • Campaigns will also occur in surrounding countries, including Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the Central African Republic, to ensure all children are vaccinated and to reduce the risk of the spread of the disease.
  • Strengthening disease surveillance activities across Borno and other at-risk communities will ensure we detect all cases of the disease.
 
What is Rotary’s role?
  • Local Rotary members are mobilizing to support the outbreak response in Nigeria and surrounding countries, bringing to the initiative their unique perspective as leaders who live and work in impacted communities.
  • Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee is considering grants to fund activities in the outbreak countries, and will make an announcement after the Trustees meeting in mid- September.
  • Rotary members around the world also support the initiative by advocating with their governments to support polio eradication; raising awareness; mobilizing volunteers and fundraising.
  • Rotary will not stop its efforts to ensure that every child is born into a polio-free world where they are safe from this paralyzing disease.  
 
Can polio be eradicated in Nigeria?
  • The program has overcome outbreaks before – including in countries with complex security situations, such as Syria. We have the tools to do so again in Nigeria.
  • Rotary and its partners, including the World Health Organization, are confident Nigeria can end polio.
  • Continued support and funding from Rotary members and other stakeholders will be critical to ensure we can end polio.
 
Will Nigeria be added back to the list of polio-endemic countries?
  • Nigeria was taken off the list of polio endemic countries in September 2015 after a year with no reported cases of wild polio. This case indicates polio had been circulating in Nigeria and/or neighboring countries since that time.
WHO is currently assessing the situation, and will make a decision about Nigeria’s endemic st

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