For the last two decades, the prospect of sending 16 visiting polio experts out across the provinces of Afghanistan would have been impossible but from June 6-19, 2022, WHO Afghanistan’s Polio eradication program did just that.
Their mission? To review the country’s polio surveillance system, assess its functionality at all levels and make specific recommendations for maintaining and improving surveillance quality.
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20,000,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
Total paralysis cases | Year-to-date 2022 | Total 2021 | Total 2020 | Total 2019 | Total 2018 |
Globally | 27 | 6 | 140 | 176 | 33 |
- in endemic countries: | 21 | 5 | 140 | 176 | 33 |
- in post-endemic countries: | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wild Polio cases reported in the past week:
Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 0, Mozambique 0
2022 Wild Polio Cases – Pakistan 19, Afghanistan 2, Mozambique 6
2021 Wild Cases - Pakistan 1 (2020-84), Afghanistan 4 (2020-56), Malawi - 1
2022 Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 401 in 17 Countries
2021 Vaccine Derived Polio - 689 Cases in 22 Countries (2020-1,113 Cases in 26 countries