Kenya - Polio outbreak 2023

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Data as reported by: 17:00; 09 July 2023
Week 27: 03 - 09 July 2023
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Kenya Grade 2

Poliomyelitis (cVDPV2)

Date notified to WCO 6-Jul-23
Start of reporting period 26-May-23
End of reporting period 8-Jul-23

Total cases 2
Cases Confirmed 2
Deaths 0
CFR 0.0%

Two cases of acute flaccid paralysis from the Hagadera refugee camp in Garissa County, Kenya, have been confirmed as circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). The first case is a 2-Year-old male child who had received three doses of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) and developed paralysis on 26 May, with stool samples collected on 1 and 2 June. The second case is a 31-month-old girl vaccinated with three doses of OPV who developed paralysis on 27 May and had stool samples collected on 2 and 3 June. Investigations are ongoing, and control measures are being implemented.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/370961/OEW27-0309072023.pdf​

 

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Source: https://www.the-star.co.ke/health/2023-07-18-kenya-reports-polio-outbreak-in-refugee-children/


Kenya reports polio outbreak in refugee children
US embassy issues travel advisory, WHO advises travellers to Garissa to receive vaccination
by JOHN MUCHANGI Science Editor
18 July 2023 - 21:00
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In Summary

The infections were confirmed in two children who were already paralysed while the third one was asymptomatic.
Vaccine-derived viruses are common around the world and were also reported in Britain and the United States last year.


​Kenya has confirmed three cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus in Garissa.

Following the outbreak, the World Health Organisation and the US embassy in Nairobi have advised people travelling there to get vaccinated.

The infections were confirmed in two children who were already paralysed while the third one was asymptomatic.

Ministry of Health has already notified the WHO and the Polio Eradication Initiative, which tracks outbreaks around the world.

The ministry said it is testing more children in Garissa, and preparing for mass vaccinations in the region.​..