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Polio this week - as of 23 April 2014

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News and Press Release

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GPEI

Posted

29 Apr 2014

Originally published

23 Apr 2014

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Polio this week

The data table below is as of 23 April 2014

Pakistan continues to be the country with most polio cases in the world this year. This week, five new cases were reported (two wild poliovirus type 1 – WPV1, and three circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – cVDPV2). Four of the cases are from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and one is from Gadap, greater Karachi.
In Nigeria, the Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization (ERC) is convening this week in Abuja. The ERC is expected to review the current epidemiology of poliovirus transmission in the country, and put forward recommendations to rapidly achieve a polio-free Nigeria.