Bill Gates Congratulates Rotary on Its Polio-Eradication Effort
Published June 8, 2015
At Rotary's annual convention in Sao Paulo, Bill Gates salutes the humanitarian organization for its unwavering commitment to ending this deadly disease. As of August 5, 2015 there are 43 reported cases of Polio in 2015 as compared with 165 to this date in 2014.
Polio this week as of 5 August 2015
Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
|
Total cases |
Year-to-date 2015 |
Year-to-date 2014 |
Total in 2014 |
|||
|
WPV |
cVDPV |
WPV |
cVDPV |
WPV |
cVDPV |
|
|
Globally |
34 |
9 |
134 |
31 |
359 |
55 |
|
- in endemic countries |
34 |
1 |
117 |
31 |
340 |
52 |
|
- in non-endemic countries |
0 |
8 |
17 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
For more information go to: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx