POLIO ERADICATION UPDATE

Posted by Rotarian John Biggs 
on Apr 28, 2013
 

$75,000,000 

Committed to Help Close the

$945 Million Polio Funding Gap!

    

Polio Plus:  Rotary’s obligation to the children of the world

Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!

8,000,000 Children Saved from Polio Paralysis Since 1985

 Polio Eradication Update

For The Week Ending 04/27/13

Total paralysis cases

Year-to-date 2013

Y to D 2012

Total 2012

Total 2011

Globally

22

48

223

642

- in endemic countries:

22

45

217

335

- in non-endemic countries:

0

3

6

307

New Polio cases reported this week:

Pakistan 0, Afghanistan 1, Nigeria 2

 

2013 Polio Case Breakdown by Country (Green Numbers are 2012 Totals)

Endemic Countries – 6 Pakistan (2012-58), 2 Afghanistan (2012-37),

14 Nigeria (2012-122)

 Importation Countries (2012 & 2013) – 0 Chad (2012-5), 0 Niger (2012-1)

 

Terry Ziegler, bigzlumber@aol.com District 5890 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair