POLIO [to 9 July 2016]
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

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Polio this week as of 06 July 2016
:: The Pakistan Technical Advisory Group met in Islamabad on 28 – 29 June, and concluded that a united focus between partners and enhanced community ownership of programme interventions has been key to continuing progress in the country towards eradicating polio. More.

:: The Nigeria 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 Technical Advisory Group on polio eradication for Afghanistan will be meeting next week in Kabul to review progress towards interrupting the transmission of polio and to discuss solutions to the upcoming challenges.

Selected Country Levels Updates [excerpted]
Pakistan
:: One new case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week in South Waziristan agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with onset of paralysis on 18 June. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 is now 13, compared to 26 at this time in 2015.