Wild Polio Virus Summary:
New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 1
Environment: 20
Others: 6
New cVDPV isolates reported this week:
AFP cases: 20
Environment: 10
Others: 5

Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples:
Algeria: one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
DR Congo: seven cVDPV1 cases and one cVDPV2 case
Kenya: two cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
Mauritania: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample
Nigeria: twelve cVDPV2 cases and five cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Pakistan: one WPV1 case and twenty WPV1 positive environmental samples
Somalia: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample

Afghanistan: No wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases or positive environmental samples were reported this week. There have been only six WPV1 cases reported this year.

Pakistan: One wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases and twenty WPV1 positive environmental samples were reported this week There have been six WPV1 cases reported this year.

Officially reported WPV1 and cVDPV cases as of December 6, 2023:
Wild poliovirus (WPV)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2023: 12 (compared with 30 for the same period in 2022)
Total global WPV1 cases in 2022: 30
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases
Total global cVDPV cases in 2023: 393 (compared with 541 for the same period in 2022)
Total global cVDPV cases in 2022: 877

Most recently reported WPV1 case: October 24, 2023, in Pakistan

Worldwide polio cash giving this year is at $11,442,000 year-to-date (compared to $10,198,000 last year-to-date).

Worldwide DDF is up substantially. We are at $2,039,000 compared to $1,175,000 a year ago.

With the World Fund match on DDF giving, we are at $14,626,000 this year compared to $12,861,000 a year ago.

Club participation is up (33.68% versus 33.62% in 2022-23).

$836,568 was raised on World Polio Day (compared to $748,454 in 2022).