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Rotary gets some publicity November 7 as Director Jennifer Jones chats about polio on the "Today" show.... We are even closer than "this close"!!!!!
 
End Polio No on the Today Show
 
 
Vaccine Derived Poliovirus - Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine contains weakened forms of all three strains of Poliovirus (Types 1,2, & 3).  Type 2 Wild Poliovirus was eradicated in 1999 and several countries are now working to destroy or safely contain the Type 2 virus they possess.  The Type 2 strain is no longer needed to protect children from Wild Polio, but still causes 90% of the vaccine derived Polio cases.  The global switch to the Bivalent Oral Polio vaccine (without Type 2) early next year, will greatly reduce the risk of vaccine derived cases.      
Pakistan - One new Polio case reported in Pakistan this week.  Forty-one Polio cases have been reported in 2015 compared to 259 at this time, last year.  Two new Polio positive environmental samples were collected this week.    
Afghanistan - No new Polio cases reported in Afghanistan this week. One new Polio-positive environmental sample was collected this week.  Sub-National Immunization Days are Underway 11/29-12/1 using Bivalent OPV in the south and east of the country. 
The Final Two Endemic Countries:

 

Pakistan - Forty-One Polio cases reported in 2015 with 306 cases recorded in 2014  The most recent case, with the onset of paralysis on 11/01/15 is from Gadap, greater Karachi, Sindh.    
 
Afghanistan - Sixteen Polio cases reported in 2015 with 28 cases recorded in 2014. The most recent case was reported on 10/27/15 from the Nangarhar Province.   
Post Endemic - Nigeria - Zero Polio cases reported in 2015 with 6 cases recorded in 2014.  The most recent case was reported on 7/24/14.  
 
2014 Importation Countries:
Ethiopia (1 case in 2014), Cameroon (5 cases in 2014), Somalia (5 cases in 2014), Iraq (2 cases in 2014), Syria (1 case in 2014), & Equatorial Guinea (5 cases in 2014) - all report no Polio cases in 2015. 
   
 
 
 
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!