Poliomyelitis

Disease outbreak news

• 1 September 2020
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Sudan
• 29 November 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – African Region
• 23 October 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 – The Philippines
• 24 September 2019
  Polio outbreak– The Philippines
• 6 September 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Republic of Ghana
• 22 August 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 – Myanmar
• 31 July 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – African Region
• 6 June 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Cameroon
• 24 May 2019
  Wild poliovirus type 1 – Islamic Republic of Iran
• 27 February 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 – Indonesia
• 20 February 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 – Papua New Guinea
• 25 January 2019
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Mozambique
• 30 October 2018
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Niger
• 8 August 2018
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Nigeria
• 10 July 2018
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2 July 2018
  Circulating vaccine derived poliovirus – Papua New Guinea
• 17 May 2018
  Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses – Horn of Africa
• 9 March 2018
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Somalia
• 13 June 2017
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 13 June 2017
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Syrian Arab Republic
• 27 December 2016
  Summary of poliovirus circulation in 2016 – Pakistan
• 6 October 2016
  Wild polio and vaccine derived polio in Nigeria
• 25 February 2016
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• 29 January 2016
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• 21 December 2015
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Myanmar
• 15 December 2015
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• 12 October 2015
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• 1 September 2015
  Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus – Ukraine
• 24 July 2015
  Poliovirus in Madagascar
• 14 November 2014
  Poliovirus in South Sudan and Madagascar
• 6 September 2014
  Poliovirus in Cameroon – update
• 17 July 2014
  Update on polio in Equatorial Guinea
• 25 June 2014
  Update on polio in central Africa
• 23 June 2014
  Detection of poliovirus in sewage, Brazil
• 17 April 2014
  Update on polio in central Africa - polio confirmed in Equatorial Guinea, linked to outbreak in Cameroon
• 21 March 2014
  Polio outbreak in the Middle East - update
• 17 March 2014
  Poliovirus in Cameroon – update
• 26 November 2013
  Polio in the Syrian Arab Republic - update
• 21 November 2013
  Wild poliovirus in Cameroon
• 11 November 2013
  Polio in the Syrian Arab Republic - update
• 29 October 2013
  Polio in the Syrian Arab Republic
• 19 October 2013
  Report of suspected polio cases in the Syrian Arab Republic
• 1 October 2013
  Wild poliovirus in the Horn of Africa – update
• 20 September 2013
  Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Israel and West Bank and Gaza Strip
• 15 August 2013
  Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Israel - update
• 15 July 2013
  Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Israel - update
• 3 June 2013
  Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Israel
• 22 May 2013
  Wild poliovirus in the Horn of Africa
• 11 May 2013
  Wild poliovirus in Somalia
• 12 February 2013
  Polio in Niger
• 11 February 2013
  Poliovirus detected from environmental samples in Egypt
• 1 September 2011
  Wild poliovirus confirmed in China
• 7 July 2011
  Poliomyelitis in Pakistan
• 21 April 2011
  Wild poliovirus in Côte d'Ivoire
• 13 November 2010
  Polio in Central Asia and the North Caucasus Federal Region of the Russian Federation
• 9 November 2010
  Polio in Congo - update
• 4 November 2010
  Polio in Congo
• 8 September 2010
  Polio in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 23 July 2010
  Polio in Tajikistan – Update
• 19 July 2010
  Polio in Angola – high risk of international spread
• 29 April 2010
  Polio in Tajikistan - Update
• 23 April 2010
  Polio in Tajikistan, first importation since Europe certified polio-free
• 17 July 2009
  Polio in Nigeria
• 2 March 2009
  Polio in Sudan – high risk of international spread
• 6 January 2009
  Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West Africa
• 18 June 2008
  Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West/Central Africa
• 21 August 2007
  Poliomyelitis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - update
• 9 August 2007
  Poliomyelitis in Angola - update
• 30 July 2007
  Poliomyelitis in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 7 February 2007
  Poliomyelitis in Chad
• 19 October 2006
  Poliomyelitis in Kenya
• 8 September 2006
  Poliomyelitis in Ethiopia and Somalia
• 7 June 2006
  Poliomyelitis in Namibia
• 24 March 2006
  Poliomyelitis in Somalia
• 16 March 2006
  Poliomyelitis in Bangladesh
• 30 September 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 14
• 13 September 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Somalia
• 6 September 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Ethiopia
• 25 August 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Angola - Update
• 25 August 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 13
• 29 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 12
• 21 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 11
• 8 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 10
• 5 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 9
• 4 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 8
• 1 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Angola
• 1 July 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 7
• 27 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 6
• 20 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 5
• 15 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 4
• 14 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 3
• 9 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update 2
• 8 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia - update
• 6 June 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Indonesia
• 30 May 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Yemen - update
• 25 April 2005
  Poliomyelitis in Yemen
• 29 October 2003
  Poliomyelitis in Chad
• 9 October 2003
  Poliomyelitis in West Africa: Togo, Burkina Faso and Ghana
• 18 January 2000
  2000 - Polio in China