Polio Update

Wild Poliovirus

Weekly Update

World Health Organization

Week Ending 5 June 2013

New wild polio cases reported in the past week for 2013: 4

Total number of cases in 2012: 223

Total number of wild cases in 2012 YTD: 67

Total number of wild cases in 2013 YTD: 45

Ge n e r a l Po l i o H e a d l i n e s-W e e k En d i n g 5 June 2 0 1 3

The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for polio eradication has underscored that

‘stopping polio transmission by end 2014 is a realistic prospect’. In the report of its 7-9

May meeting, the IMB commended the program on the fundamental changes that

have transformed the effort into a more responsive and coordinated health initiative,

which has brought polio to the lowest levels ever.

En d e m i c Co u n t r y He a d l i n e s- -We e k En d i n g 5 June 2 0 1 3

Afghanistan:
No new cases The total number of WPV cases for 2013 is 2. " . . . . . Subnational

immunization days (SNIDs) were conducted in various high-risk areas throughout May,

with further activities planned in June.

Nigeria

No new cases The total number of WPV cases for 2013 remains 24. The most recent

WPV case had onset of paralysis on 25 April (WPV1 from Borno).

Pakistan:

One new case The total cases for 2013 is 10. "One new positive environmental

sample (WPV1) has been confirmed, from Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). This

year, 18 environmental samples positive for WPV1 have been reported (of which 12

were collected in Peshawar, FATA and Hyderabad, Sindh).

Horn Of Africa: (Non-endemic)

Three new WPV cases were reported in the past week (all from Banadir, Somalia),

bringing the total number of WPV1 cases in the region to nine (two WPV1s from Kenya

and seven WPV1s from Somalia). The most recent WPV1 case in the region had onset

of paralysis on 14 May (WPV1 from Kenya).