Polio this week as of 7 September 2016
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Headlines:In Nigeria, one new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case has been reported, from Borno state, following confirmation of two cases in August. Regional outbreak response across north-eastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad sub-region is continuing within the broader humanitarian emergency context. Detection of new cases at this point is not unexpected or unusual, particularly as surveillance is being strengthened (including by conducting retrospective acute flaccid paralysis case searches).
The polio outbreak has been declared a national public health emergency by the Government of Nigeria and a regional public health emergency by the Governments of the Lake Chad sub-region, to ensure all-of- government, all-of-society approaches to the outbreak response
Afghanistan: No new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) were reported in the past week. The most recent case had onset of paralysis on 8 August, from Kabul. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains eight.
Pakistan: One new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week, from South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), with onset of paralysis on 27 July. It is the most recent case in the country, bringing the total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 to 14.
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