Post on 22-Jul-2020
Dr Salk Dr Sabin
IPV 1955 Oral 1960
Governments of the World
The Polio Programme
1. Routine Immunization
2. National Immunization Days
3. Surveillance
4. Mop-ups
Polio Eradication Progress
1985
350,00 cases
125 countries
Wild Poliovirus Cases1, Previous 6 Months2
Country with WPV case in previous 6 months
1Excludes cases caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses and viruses detected from environmental surveillance.
Endemic country
Poliovirus type 1
2Onset of paralyses 20 February – 19 August 2014
Data in WHO HQ as of 19 August 2014
Cameroon 09-Jul-14 1 2
Equatorial Guinea 03-May-14 4 4
Nigeria 27-May-14 4 4
AFR 09-Jul-14 9 10
Afghanistan 17-Jun-14 6 6
Iraq 07-Apr-14 1 1
Pakistan 27-Jul-14 16 86
Somalia 03-Jun-14 1 4
EMR 27-Jul-14 24 97
Global 27-Jul-14 33 107
CountryOnset of most
recent case
Number of
districts
Total WPV
(all type1)
Districts with Cases Caused by Wild Polioviruses1, Previous 6 Months2
1Excludes cases caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses and viruses detected from environmental surveillance.
Poliovirus type 1
2Onset of paralyses 20 February – 19 August 2014
Data in WHO HQ as of 19 August 2014
Status CountryOnset of most
recent WPV
Endemic Pakistan 27-Jul-14
Afghanistan 17-Jun-14
Nigeria 27-May-14
Cameroon 09-Jul-14
Somalia 03-Jun-14
Equatorial Guinea 03-May-14
Iraq 07-Apr-14
Active
outbreak
Countries
Year-to-date 2014 Year – to date 2013
Total in 2013
Date of most recent
case
Total Total
Pakistan 115 24 93 9-Jul-14
Nigeria 5 43 53 27-May-14
Afghanistan 8 4 14 17-Jun-14
Equatorial Guinea 5 0 0 3-May-14
Iraq 2 0 0 07-Apr-14
Cameroon 5 0 4 31-Jan-14
Syria 1 0 35 21-Jan-14
Ethiopia 1 0 9 05-Jan-14
Somalia 4 108 194 03-Jun-14
Kenya 0 12 14 14-Jul-13
Total 146 192 416
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