POLIO [to 11 April 2015]
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

GPEI Update: Polio this week – As of 8 April 2015
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
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Full report: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx
:: April 7 marked one year since the onset of paralysis of the most recent case of wild poliovirus in the Middle East.
:: April 12 marks 60 years since Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was launched, enabling children to be protected against polio for the first time. Read more.
:: National Immunization Days are planned in Madagascar on 27 April to 1 May.
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Pakistan
:: One new WPV1 case was reported in the past week, in Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This most recent case had onset of paralysis on 17 March. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2015 is now 21 (and remains 306 for 2014).