Polio this week
Polio this week as of 24 February 2016
- GPEI have published six new videos on ‘Securing a Polio Free World’ covering topics including the polio vaccines, circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses and the upcoming ‘Switch’. The videos are available in both English and French.
- There are eight weeks to go until the globally synchronized switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine, an important milestone in achieving a polio-free world.
Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
Total cases |
Year-to-date 2016 |
Year-to-date 2015 |
Total in 2015 |
|||
WPV |
cVDPV |
WPV |
cVDPV |
WPV |
cVDPV |
|
Globally |
2 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
74 |
31 |
- in endemic countries |
2 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
74 |
3 |
- in non-endemic countries |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
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