Polio Update from District Governor Roger Hassler
Posted by Georganna Hildebrand
on Mar 30, 2011
I am saddened to report that the
numbers for polio for last year have been restated and ended up at 1,294. The
disappointing part of the report was that two countries/area’s were the
problem. The four endemic countries, except Pakistan, showed great progress,
however, the two countries that had been polio-free for ten years showed
enormous growth. Tajikistani
had 458 cases but none since July 4, 2010. The DR of the Congo and The Congo
had 495 cases. Those 953 cases
significantly affected the total, so we are winning the war, but we lost a few
battles.
This year only 55 cases have been
reported, of which only 18 from the four endemic countries. So progress is being made, and we are
helping.