Follow the latest news on Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio, every week. Here is a link to the latest cases - updated every week. See the country-specific section and more details, right here at http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/. For the headlines. please Read more.....
Polio this week
Headlines
- 24 October 2024 marks World Polio Day, a chance for stakeholders of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to raise awareness and resources of the urgent need to eradicate this disease once and for all. Rotary International and Rotarians around the world are once again at the forefront of this global campaign, bringing together the public and civil society in promoting the cause of polio eradication. More at the World Polio Day ‘Take Action’ page.
- Newest Polio Gender Champion announced: Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP, Minister for Development at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Minister for Women and Equalities at the Department for Education, United Kingdom. More.
- Gaza outbreak response: while the second round of the Gaza outbreak response was implemented in key areas, in northern Gaza the activity has been postponed amid escalating conflict and impeded access. More.
- Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere – click here for an op-ed by Anne Wafula Strike, Paralympian and polio survivor.
Summary of new polioviruses this week, cases and positive environmental isolates:
- Afghanistan: one wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case and 10 WPV1-positive environmental samples
- Pakistan: seven WPV1 cases and one WPV1-positive environmental sample
- Chad: three circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases and two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
- Djibouti: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Niger: once cVDPV2 case and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
- Nigeria: five cVDPV2 cases
There are 64 wild polio virus type 1 cases in 2024 Calendar Year to date, as of October 29, 2024: https://polioeradication.org/wild-poliovirus-count/