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Polio programmes around the world have a long history of supporting broader public health and humanitarian emergencies, as was the situation earlier this year in Afghanistan, following the devasting earthquake there. Staff are actively conducting surveillance for communicable diseases, identifying nutrition needs of displaced populations, and collecting and analysing life-saving data to help target response strategies. All routine immunization antigens are also provided to target children and pregnant women.

In flood-affected districts, the polio effort is supporting establishment of critical health camps, to provide basic clinical services, particularly ensuring treatment of water-borne and vector-borne diseases and distributing water purification tablets.

As Pakistan continues to struggle from the effects of the devastating floods affecting parts of the country, polio staff on the ground continue to assist emergency relief efforts.

No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported this week.

The Pakistan and Afghanistan polio programmes continue to coordinate on surveillance and vaccination activities through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative Support Hub, based in Amman, Jordan.

Districts along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the three epidemiological corridors are at high-risk for poliovirus transmission, given the high proportion of zero-dose children and inconsistent quality of polio vaccination campaigns in some areas.

Of note, in 2022, the central corridor had multiple WPV1 detections from polio cases and environmental samples, mainly from southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

the northern corridor specifically comprising of Eastern Region and central Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan the southern corridor, comprising Quetta Block of Pakistan and Southern Region, Afghanistan and, the central corridor, comprising southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and South-East Region in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is affected by three, critical cross-border epidemiological corridors with Pakistan:.

The total number of cVDPV2 cases in the country is 43.

One WPV1 positive environmental sample was reported in Nangharar.

DR Congo: one cVDPV1 case and six cVDPV2 cases.

Algeria: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples.

Afghanistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample.But what’s different this time around is that, in addition to mass vaccination campaigns, the initiative’s new strategy will be intensely focused on finding targeted ways to reach missed communities and take advantage of opportunities to become more integrated with other essential services.”- Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi. “It’s not the first time such targets have been offered.Check out their story in this UN Foundation blog post.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, three women are helping improve the lives of polio survivors and other people living with disability.An additional 16 countries have met the requirements for nOPV2 use in the event of an outbreak. nOPV2 rollout: Approximately 500 million doses of nOPV2 have been administered across 23 countries under its WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to date.This work brings a lot of peace.”- Shiza, a polio vaccinator in Pakistan. “I urge people to come and work for this feeling. “When you put polio drops in a child’s mouth, you feel happiness inside, happiness that you have saved a child,” she says.In a newly released video, GPEI Director Aidan O’Leary’s shares a message on the important outcomes of last week’s polio pledging moment in Berlin.Many thanks to all partners, friends and countries who participated to make World Polio Day a success around the world. In Geneva, Rotary and WHO joined forces to discuss how the organization’s efforts to eradicate polio can now be applied to broader maternal and child health issues. The WHO European Regional Office held an event celebrating 20 years since WPV certification. 24 October marked World Polio Day and partners and countries around the world used the opportunity to raise awareness and resources for polio eradication.This Week Polio this week as of 26 October