Polio this week as of 11 August 2021
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 24 announced an additional US$9.5 million support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI). The funding will be used to vaccinate approximately 16 million children during door-to-door immunization campaigns in 84 highest-risk districts as well as an additional US$376,000 to provide personal protective equipment against COVID-19 for the frontline campaign workers. Read more…
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Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
Burkina Faso: one cVDPV2 case
Côte d’Ivoire: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Ethiopia: one cVDPV2 case and two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Mali: two cVDPV2 cases
Niger: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Nigeria: three cVDPV2 cases and three cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
