Rotary Polio Eradication Efforts 2015 Report

 
Headlines:
 
  • Looking back at 2015, the year 2015 has had fewer cases of wild poliovirus in fewer places than ever before. It is more important than ever that the momentum gained thus far is maintained in 2016. In order to stop wild poliovirus in 2016, the programme’s focus is now on strengthening surveillance, keeping Africa polio-free and ending transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Globally synchronized switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine: There are four months to go until the globally synchronized switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine. This will be an important milestone in achieving a polio-free world.
 
Poliovirus Weekly Update as on – January 6, 2016 - World Wide as Reported by World Health Organization:  70
 
New wild poliovirus cases reported in the past week for 2015: Nill

Total number of wild poliovirus cases in 2014: 359
 
Total number of wild poliovirus cases in 2015: 70 (Compared to 347 cases in the same period in 2014)
 
Wild Polio Virus case reported in the past week World Wide in 2015: Remain at Nil
 
New Case of WPV was reported from Afghanistan. No New Case of WPV was reported from Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Syria and Iraq.
 
 
  OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON – January 6, 2016 in Endemic Countries:  70 (Compared with 328 in the same period in 2014)  
 
Afghanistan: 19 cases in 2015 (compared with 28 for the same period in 2014)
Nigeria: 0 cases in 2015 (compared with 6 for the same period in 2014)
Pakistan: 51 cases in 2015 (compared with 294 for the same period in 2014)
 
OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON – January 6, 2016 in Importation Countries continues at 0 (Compared with 19 in the same period in 2014)  
 
Somalia: 0 case in 2015 (compared with 5 for the same period in 2014)
Ethiopia: 0 case in 2015 (compared with 1 for the same period in 2014)
Cameroon: 0 Cases in 2015 (compared with 5 for the same period in 2014)
Equatorial Guinea: 0 Case in 2015 (compared with 5 for the same period in 2014) 
Syrian Arab Republic: 0 Cases in 2015 (compared with 1 for the same period in 2014)
Iraq: 0 Cases in 2015 (compared with 2 for the same period in 2014)
 
Officially reported cVDPV cases on – January 5, 2016 - World Wide as Reported by WHO.  
 
New cVDPV cases reported in the past week for 2015: 2 from Guinea
 
Total global cases in 2015: 26 (compared with 51 for the same period in 2014)
Total global cases in endemic Countries in 2015: 3 (compared with 48 for the same period in 2014)
Total in non-endemic countries in 2015: 23 (compared with 3 for the same period in 2014)
 
Guinea: 4 case in 2015 (compared with 1 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 02-Oct-15
Ukraine: 2 cases in 2015 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 07-Jul-15
Nigeria: 1 case in 2015 (compared with 28 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 16-May-15
Pakistan: 2 case in 2015 (compared with 20 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 09-Feb-15)
Madagascar: 10 case in 2015 (compared with 1 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 29-Sep-14
South Sudan: 0 case in 2015 (compared with 2 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 12-Sep-14
Lao People's Democratic Republic: 5 case in 2015 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 07-Oct-15).
Myanmar: 2 case in 2015 (compared with 0 for the same period in 2014), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 15 October, 2015
2016 NID dates in India :
 
  • Sunday January 17, 2016
  • Sunday February 21, 2016.