Update: Polio this week – As of 27 February 2013
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

[Editor’s Extract and bolded text]
– In Pakistan on 26 February, a police officer providing security to a polio vaccination team was shot and killed in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). No vaccinators were harmed. The prevailing security situation in this district has been a challenge to polio eradication activities. – This is yet another example of the often dangerous circumstances faced by frontline workers, and those who protect them.
– Afghanistan and Nigeria have reported their first wild poliovirus cases of 2013

Afghanistan
– One new WPV case was reported in the past week, a WPV1 from Nangarhar, with onset of paralysis on 31 January. It is the first WPV case in the country for 2013. The total number of WPV cases for 2012 remains 37.

Nigeria
– Two new WPV cases were reported in the past week, both WPV1s from Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa, with onset of paralysis on 25 January and 29 January, respectively. These are the first WPV cases in the country for 2013. The total number of WPV cases for 2012 remains 122.
– The wards of Nasarawa State and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with recently-confirmed WPV cases, have been covered by supplementary immunization activities using bivalent OPV.

Pakistan
– One new cVDPV2 case was reported in the past week, with onset of paralysis on 11 January (from Balochistan). It is the first cVDPV2 case in the country for 2013. The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2012 remains 16.
– The security situation continues to be monitored closely, in consultation with law enforcement agencies. Based on these security evaluations, immunization campaigns then proceed at local level as and when the situation allows. Immunization campaigns were conducted throughout February in key reservoir areas.