One new Wild Polio case reported this week
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- Papua New Guinea, Kenya, SYRIA, SOMALIA, Nigeria & DRC - Vaccine Derived Polio cases reported in 2018: Papua New Guinea - Four cases (one new case this week) - with a large scale immunization campaigns continuing this week, Nigeria - four cases (one new case this week), Somalia - 5 cases, DRC - 11 cases.
- he Final Three Endemic Countries:
- Pakistan - No new Polio cases reported this week. Three Polio cases reported in 2018 - the most recent case was from Dukki, Balochistan Province with an onset of paralysis on 5/18/18. Eight cases reported in 2017. Four new Polio-Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
- Afghanistan - One new Polio case reported this week. Eleven Polio cases reported in 2018 - the most recent case was from the Arghandal District, Kandahar province with the onset of paralysis on 07/17/18. Fourteen cases reported in 2017. Preparations are underway for August National Immunization Days. One new Polio-Positive Environmental Sample was reported this week in Afghanistan.
- Nigeria - No new Wild Polio cases have been reported in 2017 or 2018. The most recent Polio case was reported on 8/20/16. This week, Nigeria will celebrate 2 years without a Wild Polio case!
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17,600,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
Total paralysis cases | Year-to-date 2018 | LY to D 2017 | Total 2017 | Total 2016 | Total 2015 |
Globally | 14 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 |
- in endemic countries: | 14 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 |
- in post-endemic countries: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wild Polio cases reported this week:
Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 1, Nigeria 0
2018 Polio Case Breakdown by Country (Green Numbers are 2017 Totals)
Endemic Countries – 3 Pakistan (2017-8), 10 Afghanistan (2017-14),
0 Nigeria (2017-0)