Polio Update
Posted by Roger Crysler
POLIO AWARENESS DAY
Polio Awareness Day is October 24, 2016. Last year on that day, Walli and I were on a cruise ship of mostly Aussies, travelling from Singapore to Sydney. During introductions at dinner, I gave my elevator speech to what turned out to be a rapt audience. Where we are with polio, from where have we come, the future, why we should care - will make a very powerful moment for you and Rotary - anytime, really. Whether or not you had a polio project on Awareness Day, if we all have 20 or 30 seconds prepared and use them, there will be "talk at the water cooler" beyond that; can you imagine?
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Endemic Countries Update
AFGHANISTAN
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - NO NEW CASES in past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains (8) eight, with most recent case had onset of paralysis on 11 August in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan.
AFGHANISTAN
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - NO NEW CASES in past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains (8) eight, with most recent case had onset of paralysis on 11 August in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan.
NIGERIA
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - ONE NEW CASE in past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 now (4) four. Most recent case had onset of paralysis on 21 August, from Monguno Local Government Area (LGA), Borno state, a previously infected district.
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - ONE NEW CASE in past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 now (4) four. Most recent case had onset of paralysis on 21 August, from Monguno Local Government Area (LGA), Borno state, a previously infected district.
PAKISTAN
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - ONE NEW CASE past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 is now (15) fifteen. Most recent case had onset of paralysis 3 September, in Sujawal, Sindh (south-east of Karachi).
Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) - ONE NEW CASE past week.
Total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 is now (15) fifteen. Most recent case had onset of paralysis 3 September, in Sujawal, Sindh (south-east of Karachi).
The big news is the constant downward trend of new cases, year over year. Compare 30 total cases in 2016 to 1000 new cases a day when we started in 1985. Thanks to Karen Oakes for supplying us with this information.