Update: Polio this week – As of 13 February 2013
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

[Editor’s Extract and bolded text]
– On 8 February, two health facilities in Kano state, Nigeria, were attacked, killing eleven people, including health workers, and injuring several others.
– Such attacks on health workers are absolutely and unconditionally unacceptable, and must be condemned in the strongest terms. Our sympathy goes out to the victims and their families. It is yet another example of the heroic and courageous work of frontline health workers, often working under extremely dangerous conditions in efforts to ensure the health of populations everywhere no matter where they live.
– The attacks have been widely condemned, including by the Government of Nigeria, the UN Secretary-General, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and partner agencies of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Nigeria
– No one has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly attacks, and the motives are unclear. An investigation has been launched by the Government of Nigeria.
– In addition to the attacks on the two health centres in Kano, there are reports of three doctors from North Korea being killed in Yobe state, in a separate incident.

Pakistan
– One new WPV case was reported in the past week (WPV1 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – KP, with onset of paralysis on 26 January 2013), bringing the total number of cases for 2013 to two. The total number of WPV cases for 2012 remains 58.
– No new cVDPV2 cases were reported in the past week. The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2012 remains 16. It is the most recent cVDPV2 case in the country, and had onset of paralysis on 14 December 2012 (from Balochistan)…
– The security situation continues to be monitored closely, in consultation with law enforcement agencies.

[Editor’s Note: Please see also WER, 15 Feb 2013 (above) and “Polio in Niger” in GAR (below)]