POLIO [to 27 September 2014]

GPEI Update: Polio this week – As of 24 September 2014
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Editor’s Excerpt and text bolding
Full report: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx
:: A synchronised regional mass polio vaccination campaign in central and western Africa is currently underway to vaccinate nearly 94 million children in 18 countries with oral polio vaccine (OPV).
:: On 18 September, Nepal became the first GAVI eligible country to introduce inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) into its routine immunization programme. Plans are underway to introduce IPV into the immunization programmes of the 126 countries currently using only oral polio vaccine,
ahead of a planned switch from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV.
Afghanistan
:: Two new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported in the past week, both in provinces previously uninfected in 2014. One of the newly-reported cases had onset of paralysis on 1 September, in Kandahar province, Southern Region, and the other case is from Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan; both cases are linked to cross border transmission with Pakistan The total number of WPV1 cases in 2014 is now 10.
Nigeria
:: One new cVDPV2 case was reported in the past week with onset of paralysis on 17 August in Minjibir, Kano. The total number of cVDPV2 cases for 2014 is now 20.
Central Africa
:: Synchronized NIDs are taking place across central Africa this week in Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea, all using bivalent OPV, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo using trivalent OPV. SNIDs are also taking place in Chad, using trivalent OPV. National Child Health Days are currently underway in Angola, using trivalent OPV.
West Africa
:: Even as polio programme staff across West Africa support efforts to control the Ebola outbreak affecting the region, a large scale synchronized vaccination campaign has been rolled out in those countries not affected by Ebola. NIDs took place on 19-22 September in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo, and in Mauritania 20-23 September using trivalent OPV. NIDs in Guinea-Bissau will take place 27-30 September, also using trivalent OPV. Further NIDs are planned in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo on 31 October-2 November.