District 5870 Rotary

Total paralysis cases	Year-to-date 2010	Thru this date in 2009	Total in 2009
Globally	456	600	1604
- in endemic countries:	64	440	1256
- in non-endemic countries:	392	160	348

In The News:

Three of the four remaining Polio Endemic PAIN countries (Afghanistan, India & Nigeria) reported no Polio cases this week while Pakistan reported two cases.

The Democratic Republic of Congo reported it's first Polio case in more than a year. The case was near their border with Angola and is thought to be related to an outbreak there.

Tajikistan now accounts for over 3/4 of the Polio cases worldwide this year. The outbreak seems to have peaked but more cases will be reported which are still pending conclusive lab tests.

Did You Know? The Type 1 Poliovirus causes permanent paralysis in about 1 per 200 infected and Type 3 only 1 per 1,000 infected.

Tajikistan now accounts for over 70% of all global cases of polio. All cases have been covered by four rounds of National Immunization Days (NIDs) with reported high coverage.

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