Afghanistan
No new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) were reported in the past week. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains five.
No WPV1 environmental positive samples have been reported in 2016. The most recent environmental positive samples were collected on 27 December 2015 - one in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and the second in the city of Kabul.
Subnational Immunization Days (SNIDs) are planned for 18 – 22 July using bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV.) The next National Immunization Days (NIDs) will take place on 15 – 19 August. The next National Immunization Days (NIDs) will take place on 15 – 19 August.
Pakistan
No new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) were reported in the past week. The most recent case was from Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province with onset of paralysis on 26 April. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains 11, compared to 24 at this time in 2015.
No new WPV1 environmental positive samples were reported in the past week. The most recent positive sample was collected in Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 22 April.
Efforts continue to further strengthen immunization and surveillance activities in all provinces of the country.