Headlines:
• This year, the polio programme is focusing on reaching zero-dose children (children who are either un- or under-immunized), in identified ‘consequential geographies’. But what exactly are consequential geographies, and why are they so vital to the global effort to eradicate polio? In this explanatory video, long-time polio eradicator and Director for polio eradication at WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, Dr Hamid Jafari, explains more.
Summary of new polioviruses this week:
• Afghanistan: two WPV1 positive environmental samples
• Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
• Cameroon: one cVDPV2 case
• Chad: two cVDPV2 cases
• DR Congo: 16 cVDPV1 cases and 19 cVDPV2 cases
• Nigeria: one cVDPV2 case
• Somalia: one cVDPV2 case
• Zambia: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
