Dr Salk Dr Sabin

IPV 1955 Oral 1960

Governments of the World

The Polio Programme

1. Routine Immunization

2. National Immunization Days

3. Surveillance

4. Mop-ups

Polio Eradication Progress

1985

350,00 cases

125 countries

Wild Poliovirus Cases1, Previous 6 Months2

Country with WPV case in previous 6 months

1Excludes cases caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses and viruses detected from environmental surveillance.

Endemic country

Poliovirus type 1

2Onset of paralyses 20 February – 19 August 2014

Data in WHO HQ as of 19 August 2014

Cameroon 09-Jul-14 1 2

Equatorial Guinea 03-May-14 4 4

Nigeria 27-May-14 4 4

AFR 09-Jul-14 9 10

Afghanistan 17-Jun-14 6 6

Iraq 07-Apr-14 1 1

Pakistan 27-Jul-14 16 86

Somalia 03-Jun-14 1 4

EMR 27-Jul-14 24 97

Global 27-Jul-14 33 107

CountryOnset of most

recent case

Number of

districts

Total WPV

(all type1)

Districts with Cases Caused by Wild Polioviruses1, Previous 6 Months2

1Excludes cases caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses and viruses detected from environmental surveillance.

Poliovirus type 1

2Onset of paralyses 20 February – 19 August 2014

Data in WHO HQ as of 19 August 2014

Status CountryOnset of most

recent WPV

Endemic Pakistan 27-Jul-14

Afghanistan 17-Jun-14

Nigeria 27-May-14

Cameroon 09-Jul-14

Somalia 03-Jun-14

Equatorial Guinea 03-May-14

Iraq 07-Apr-14

Active

outbreak

Countries

Year-to-date 2014 Year – to date 2013

Total in 2013

Date of most recent

case

Total Total

Pakistan 115 24 93 9-Jul-14

Nigeria 5 43 53 27-May-14

Afghanistan 8 4 14 17-Jun-14

Equatorial Guinea 5 0 0 3-May-14

Iraq 2 0 0 07-Apr-14

Cameroon 5 0 4 31-Jan-14

Syria 1 0 35 21-Jan-14

Ethiopia 1 0 9 05-Jan-14

Somalia 4 108 194 03-Jun-14

Kenya 0 12 14 14-Jul-13

Total 146 192 416

Pax Polio

A Paradox Lives saved Lives lost

Security Challenges

Muhammad Ishaq Polio Worker Gadap/Karachi, Pakistan

Polio & Conflict

DR Congo

El Salvador Philippines Cotê d’Ivoire

Angola Sierra Leone

Somalia

N. Sudan

S. Sudan Liberia

Iraq

Afghanistan ?

Pakistan ?

Nicaragua

Guatemala

Peru

18 Critical, local advocacy by Rotarians!

• Polio eradication Heroes Fund

• Provides meaningful assistance to victims and

surviving families

– Heroes are often the main earners for the

family

• Highly successful and visible program

Thanks to Rotary for the

consistently outstanding

support to ensure recognition

for polio eradicators in the

most challenging situations.

The impact of your contributions

are felt around the world…

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway.

Pax Polio