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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