POLIO UPDATE

The Final Three Endemic Countries:

Quote of the day - "Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.  You don't have to have a college degree to serve.  You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve...You only need a heart full of grace.  A soul generated by love."  Martin Luther King, Jr         

The Final Three Endemic Countries:

Pakistan - One new Polio case reported this week - from 2016.  Twenty Polio cases reported in 2016 with 54 cases recorded in 2015  The most recent case, with the onset of paralysis on 12/22/16 was from the Killa Abdullah, Balochistan area.  One new Polio-positive environmental sample was collected last week.  A total of 50 environmental samples were tested positive for Polio Virus in Pakistan in 2016.     

Afghanistan - One new Polio case reported this week - from 2016.  Thirteen Polio cases reported in 2016 with 20 cases recorded in 2015. The most recent cases, with an onset of paralysis on 12/16/16 was from the Bermal district, Paktika Province - near the Pakistan border. One new Polio-positive environmental sample was collected in Jalalabad on 12/26/16.    
 
Nigeria - No new Polio cases reported this week.   Four Polio cases reported in 2016 - with no cases reported in 2015.  The most recent case was reported on 8/2016 on Borno State.
 

 

   Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!

Terry Ziegler, Rotary District 5890 Polio Eradication Chair & Zone 21B/27 PHS Coordinator