POLIO [to 2 July 2016]
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

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Polio this week as of 29 June 2016
:: The Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization met in Abuja on 21 – 22 June, and emphasised that the strategy in Nigeria must now shift from interrupting transmission to staying polio free, sustaining the hard-won gains, strengthening routine immunization and responding to outbreaks of vaccine-derived polioviruses. More

:: The Pakistan Technical Advisory Group met this week in Islamabad to discuss progress towards interrupting the transmission of polio and to discuss solutions to the upcoming challenges.

:: Surveillance is an essential part of polio eradication efforts in countries around the world. Michel Zaffran, Director of GPEI, explains these crucial efforts to Rotary in this blog post.

Selected Country Levels Updates [excerpted]
Pakistan
:: One new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week in Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with onset of paralysis on 6 June. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 is now 12, compared to 25 at this time in 2015.