Polio Eradication Update, Aug 14
Posted by Terry Ziegler
on Aug 14, 2015
Polio Eradication Update - Week Ending 08/15/15
PolioPlus: “This Close” ls Not Close Enough
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Total paralysis cases
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Year-to-date 2015
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Last Year at this time
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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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36
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138
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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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36
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121
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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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17
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19
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256
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6
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Two Polio cases reported this week: Pakistan 1, Afghanistan 1, Nigeria 0
2015 Polio Case Breakdown by Country
Endemic Countries –29 Pakistan (2014-306), 7 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)