Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Country: Afghanistan, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, World, Yemen
In the north of Madagascar, supplementary immunization activities are planned for December in response to the outbreak of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus. National Immunization Days are planned for January. The aim is to boost immunity across the country against all strains of poliovirus using trivalent oral polio vaccine.
For the first time ever, only 1 case of wild poliovirus has been reported in Africa in the last 4 months. The case had onset of paralysis on 11 August in Somalia.