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Global Polio Eradication Initiative Monthly Situation Report - September 2010
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Date: 05 Oct 2010
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FACTS & FIGURES
? There have been 706 cases globally this year (635 type 1 and 71 type 3), compared with 1 126 cases at this time last year (387 type 1, 735 type 3, four type 1/3 mixtures). 17 countries have reported cases in 2010, compared with 21 at this time last year.
? As of 28 September, 151 districts have been infected with wild poliovirus in 2010 ? an almost 65% reduction compared with the 408 districts infected at the same time last year.
? In September, Sierra Leone and Liberia came off the active outbreak list (no cases in the past six months) while Russia and Turkmenistan were added to the list.
? There has been a 90% decrease in the number of wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) cases globally in 2010 (71 cases in 2010 compared with 735 at this time last year). ? In Africa in the past four months, only Nigeria, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reported cases.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-89XQA7?OpenDocument
<!--docTitle--><!--Attention ligne utilis?e pour l'impression-->Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
Date: 05 Oct 2010
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Full_Report (pdf* format - 393.3 Kbytes)
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FACTS & FIGURES
? There have been 706 cases globally this year (635 type 1 and 71 type 3), compared with 1 126 cases at this time last year (387 type 1, 735 type 3, four type 1/3 mixtures). 17 countries have reported cases in 2010, compared with 21 at this time last year.
? As of 28 September, 151 districts have been infected with wild poliovirus in 2010 ? an almost 65% reduction compared with the 408 districts infected at the same time last year.
? In September, Sierra Leone and Liberia came off the active outbreak list (no cases in the past six months) while Russia and Turkmenistan were added to the list.
? There has been a 90% decrease in the number of wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) cases globally in 2010 (71 cases in 2010 compared with 735 at this time last year). ? In Africa in the past four months, only Nigeria, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reported cases.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-89XQA7?OpenDocument