Dear Rotary Leaders, Last weeks Polio Update was a lull before a storm. This week 22 cases have been reported of which 21 are from Pakistan. This is also an indicator that the surveillance is getting better. Headlines · Pakistan: More than 650,000 individuals (more than 370,000 below 5 years) have been vaccinated from 21st May to 4th September 2014 in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Most of those reached are internally displaced persons from North Waziristan. · Nigeria: 97% of surveyed Local Government Areas achieved over 80% coverage during the August polio immunization round, according to preliminary findings from the most recent Lot Quality Assurance Sampling. · Protecting West Africa: Even as polio programme staff across west Africa support efforts to control the Ebola outbreak affecting the region, preparations are going ahead for large scale multi-country vaccination campaigns in those countries not affected by Ebola, in mid-September. · Somalia: A new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been reported in Somalia. Planning for an increased focus on reaching pastoral communities has begun, using innovative techniques such as satellite imagery for micro-planning. . Poliovirus Weekly Update as on – September 10, 2014 - World Wide as Reported by WHO: Wild Polio Virus case reported in the past week World Wide for 2014: 22 (21 from Pakistan and 1 from Somalia) No New Case of WPV was reported from Afghanistan No New Case of WPV was reported from Nigeria. 21 New Case of WPV1 was reported from Pakistan, 1 New Cases of WPV1 was reported from Somalia No New Case of WPV was reported from Kenya No New Cases of WPV was reported from Ethiopia No New Case of WPV was reported from Cameroon. No New Case of WPV in Equatorial Guinea. No New Cases of WPV was reported from Syria. No New Case of WPV was reported from Iraq. Total Wild Polio cases reported in 2014 : 171 compared with 256 in 2013) OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON September 10, 2014 for 2014 in Endemic Countries: 152 (Compared with 78 in 2013) Afghanistan: 8 cases in 2014 (compared with 4 for the same period in 2013) Nigeria: 6 cases in 2014 (compared with 45 for the same period in 2013) Pakistan: 138 cases in 2014 (compared with 28 for the same period in 2013) OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON September 10, 2014 for 2014 in Importation Countries 19 (Compared with 178 in 2013) Kenya: 0 case in 2014 (compared with 14 for the same period in 2013) Somalia: 5 case in 2014 (compared with 163 for the same period in 2013) Chad: 0 case in 2014 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2013) Ethiopia: 1 case in 2014 (compared with 1 for the same period in 2013) Cameroon: 5 Cases in 2014 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2013) Equatorial Guinea: 5 Case in 2014 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2013) new country Syrian Arab Republic: 1 Cases in 2014 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2013) Iraq: 2 Cases in 2014 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2013) cVDPV Poliovirus Weekly Update as on - September 10, 2014 - World Wide as Reported by WHO. No New cVDPV2 cases were reported in the past week, Total Number of cVDPV2 cases is 45 for 2013, and 24 for 2014. Next Polio SNID Dates in the High Risk Areas of India are: In U.P & West Bengal: September 14, 2014 and November, 16, 2014 In Other HRA on September 21, 2014 and November, 16, 2014 India NID Dates for 2015: The Government of India has announced that tentatively the Polio NID in 2015 will be held on: · Sunday January 18, 2015 and · Sunday February 22, 2015 With Regards PP Rtn S K Mishra Chairman Polio Plus Zone 20 RID 3010
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:45:19 +0000
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