Dear All,

Another update,   some good news in Afghanistan…… 

We are just starting another campaign  which is national with vitamin A.   For Karachi it is our 4^th in 4 months……! 

As the rotary year ends ….please remember Polio Plus Partners or Polio Plus for any giving.  

 Jenny

 Dear colleagues,
Attached is the global update of 18 April. Notes from the country support meeting are below.

                              <<Global_update_18Apr07e.ppt>>  
Wild Poliovirus Weekly Update
18 Apr 2007, World Health Organization
Please scroll to the end for a summary of officially reported polio cases.
New polio cases reported in the past week for 2007: 23
New polio cases reported in the past week for 2006: 0
Total number of cases in 2007: 111
Total number of cases in 2006: 1997

1. HEADLINES

• No new cases were reported from India in the past week, the first such week in 11 months.
• Four months have passed since a case of polio was reported from Afghanistan.

2. ENDEMIC COUNTRIES

Afghanistan

• No new case was reported in the past week. It is four months since a case was reported from Afghanistan (the most recent case had onset of paralysis on 28 November 2006).
• Surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) remains sensitive throughout the country.
• Afghanistan conducted National Immunization Days (NIDs) on 25-27 March.
• Afghanistan's next NIDs will be held on 22 April.

India

• No new cases were reported in the past week, India's first week with no new cases since 22 May 2006.
• The most recent Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) were held on 8-11 April. The next SIAs are scheduled for 22 April in parts of Uttar Pradesh and 29 April in Bihar and other infected states.

Nigeria

• 19 new cases were reported in the past week, of which 15 were type 3. Nigeria's most recent case had onset of paralysis on 3 March 2007.
• Over three-quarter of the cases in 2007 are due to type 3 polio (41 of 54 cases).
• Two of the cases are from states that have not had wild polio virus this year: Nasarawa (most recent case 14 December 2006) and Taraba (most recent case 11 November 2006).
• The next Expert Review Committee (ERC) on Polio Eradication is scheduled to be held in Katsina state on 3-4 May.
• The next Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) are planned for 21-24 June.

Pakistan

• No new case was reported in the past week. Pakistan's most recent case had onset of paralysis on 27 March 2007.
• Of the seven reported cases in Pakistan in 2007, five are due to type 3 polio virus.
• Pakistan conducted SIAs on 27-29 March.
• Pakistan's next National Immunization Days will be held on 24 April.
• A joint Afghanistan/Pakistan Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is currently (17-19 April) convening in Islamabad.

3. IMPORTATION COUNTRIES

Angola and DR Congo

• The four cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for which advance notification was received last week, have now been confirmed. The cases are from Equateur and Bandundu provinces. DR Congo's most recent reported case had onset of paralysis on 08 March 2007.
• DR Congo's next SIAs will be held on 19 Apr in Bandundu province and 26 Apr in Equateur province.
• In Angola, the recently-completed surveillance review points to an existing basic infrastructure but highlights significant gaps to be addressed. The conclusions of the review will be discussed at the national TAG - dates 23 to 24 April.
• Angola's most recent SIAs were held on 16 February. The next SIAs are scheduled for May and June.

Horn of Africa (Somalia and Ethiopia)

• In Somalia, no new case was reported in the past week. Somalia's most recent case had onset of paralysis on 6 March 2007.
• The next SIAs in Somalia are scheduled to take place starting 22 April will be expanded to cover the central part of the country, location of the most recent case.

Niger

• Advance notification was received in the past week of a type 1 case of polio from Zinder province. Date of onset of paralysis was 5 March 2007, before Niger's last SIAs on 6 April 2007. The next SIAs in Niger are scheduled for early June.

4. OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON

· Total global cases in 2007: 111 (compared with 214 for the same period in 2006)
· Total in endemic countries: 92 (compared with 186 for the same period in 2006)
· Total in non-endemic countries: 19 (compared with 28 for the same period in 2006)
· Pakistan: 7 cases (compared with 2 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 27 Mar 2007
· DRC: 11 cases (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 08 Mar 2007
· Somalia: 6 cases (compared with 19 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 06 Mar 2007
· India: 31 cases (compared with 19 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 05 Mar 2007
· Nigeria: 54 cases (compared with 161 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 03 Mar 2007
· Niger: 2 cases (compared with 3 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 11 Feb 2007
· Nepal: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 22 Dec 2006
· Cameroon: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 06 Dec 2006
· Afghanistan: 0 case (compared with 4 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 28 Nov 2006
· Chad: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 26 Nov 2006
· Bangladesh: 0 case (compared with 1 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 22 Nov 2006
· Angola: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 14 Nov 2006
· Kenya: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 13 Nov 2006
· Ethiopia: 0 case (compared with 2 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 07 Nov 2006
· Namibia: 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 26 Jun 2006
· Indonesia: 0 case (compared with 2 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 20 Feb 2006
· Yemen: 0 case (compared with 1 for the same period in 2006), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 02 Feb 2006

· Total global cases in 2006: 1997
· Total in endemic countries: 1869
· Total in non-endemic countries: 128
Please refer to the attached weekly global update, for country-level details of 2006 cases.

 

Iris Tetford
Polio Eradication Initiative
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20, Room M132
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 022 791 3411
Fax: (41) 022 791 1571
Email:  tetfordi@who.int
http://www.polioeradication.org

 

Hi All,

 Another update…..life here is hectic….Still snowed under with work and a campaign coming again in just 10 days,  I am actually writing a proposal to TAG to get the May campaign a little later as one every 4 weeks is just too much.    For the first 7  months of this year we have a campaign every month….  

 Home today due to protests and violence from 2 areas……1 the lawyers are still protesting about the sacking of the CJ by the president….today his appeal was being heard so this has inflamed all…….also there are areas of support and protest for/against the new Taliban party . 

 Take care and pray for success this year with our polio eradication.       

Jenny

 

 
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 MESSAGE FROM JENNY HORTON - 9 APRIL 2007