No new Wild Polio paralysis cases were reported this week. We are now 5 weeks since the most recent report of a child being paralyzed by the Wild Polio Virus in Afghanistan.Let's Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER!
Total Wild Polio cases | Year-to-date 2026 | Total 2025 | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | Total 2022 |
Globally | 18 | 52 | 99 | 12 | 30 |
- in endemic countries: | 18 | 52 | 99 | 12 | 22 |
2026 YTD Total Polio Cases (18 Wild + 96 Variant) = 114
2025 Year Total Polio Cases (52 Wild + 233 Variant) = 285
2025 Year Total Polio Cases (52 Wild + 233 Variant) = 285
2024 Total Polio Cases (99 Wild + 466 Variant) = 565
2023 Total Polio Cases (12 Wild + 524 Variant) = 536
2022 Total Polio Cases (30 Wild + 914 Variant) = 944
2026 Circulating Variant Polio Case Total - 96 Angola 1, Central African Republic 4, Chad 8, DRC 15, Ethiopia 9, LAO PDR 3, Madagascar 2, Malawi 2, Nigeria 37, Somalia 5, South Sudan 8, Sudan 1,Togo 2
2025 Circulating Variant Polio Case Total - 233 Algeria 1, Angola 19, Benin 3, Burkina Faso 1, Cameroon 1, Central African Republic 2, Chad 35, Djibouti 1, Democratic Republic of Congo 8, Ethiopia 41, Guinea 2, Lao PDR 1, Mali 1, Niger 3, Nigeria 72, Papua New Guinea - 5, Somalia 2, Sudan 7, Yemen 30
2024 Circulating Variant Polio Case Total - 466 Algeria - 1, Angola - 9, Benin - 2, Cameroon - 3, Chad - 39, Cote d'Ivoire - 1, DR Congo - 25, Ethiopia - 44, Guinea - 9, Indonesia - 8, Liberia - 1,Mali - 1, Mozambique - 1, Niger - 17, Nigeria - 101, Occupied Palestinian Territory - 1, Senegal - 1, Somalia - 7, South Sudan - 11, Yemen - 167
2026 Wild Polio Case Total - 18 Pakistan 3, Afghanistan 15
2025 Wild Polio Case Total 52 - Afghanistan 21 - Pakistan 31
2024 Wild Polio Cases Total 99 - Afghanistan 25 - Pakistan 74
2023 Wild Polio Cases Total 12 - Afghanistan 6, Pakistan 6
2023 Circulating Variant Polio Cases 524 in 23 Countries
New Polio Cases & Samples reported this week
· Pakistan: two WPV1-positive environmental samples
· Democratic Republic of the Congo: four cVDPV2 cases
· Lao People’s Democratic Republic: one cVDPV1 case
· South Sudan: one cVDPV1 case
Quote of the Day - "There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind."
C. S. Lewis - author (1898 - 1963)
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries
Pakistan No new (2026) Wild Polio cases reported this week. Three Wild Polio cases reported in 2026. Thirty-one Wild Polio cases reported in 2025. Seventy-four Wild Polio cases reported in 2024.Six Wild Polio Cases reported in 2023. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 4/7/26. Two new WPV1 Environmental Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. Fifteen Wild Polio cases reported in 2026. Twenty One Wild Polio cases reported in 2025. Twenty-five Wild Polio cases reported in 2024. Six Wild Polio Cases reported in 2023. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 6/25/26. No new WPV1 Environmental Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
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Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor
Rotary Region 36 END POLIO NOW Coordinator 2024-27