Polio Eradication Update
Posted
on Jun 12, 2015
Polio Eradication Update for the Week Ending 6/13/215, from Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com District 5890 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair:
The Gates Foundation is currently matching all Rotarian Raised Polio Donations $2 for each $1 Contributed (Up to $35Mil/Yr.)
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!
PolioPlus: “This Close” ls Not Close EnoughLet’s Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW !13,800,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio Since 1988
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Total paralysis cases
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Year-to-date 2015
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LY to D 2014
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Total
2014
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Total
2013
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Total
2012
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Globally
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27
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94
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359
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416
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222
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- in endemic countries:
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27
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82
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340
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160
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216
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- in non-endemic countries:
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0
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12
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19
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256
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6
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New Polio cases reported this week: Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 1, Nigeria 0
2015 Polio Case Breakdown by Country: Endemic Countries –24 Pakistan (cases in 2014-306), 3 Afghanistan (2014-28), 0 Nigeria(2014-6)
2015 Importation Countries – 0 Cameroon (2014-5), 0 Eq. Guinea (2014-5) 0 Somalia (2014-5), 0 Ethiopia (2014-1), 0 Syria (2014-1), 0 Iraq (2014-2)