Situation reports on vaccine-derived poliovirus in Somalia

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Key updates, 20 December 2018

No new human cases reported from Somalia for three consecutive weeks. The total number of cases remains 12: five cVDPV2 cases, six cVDPV3 cases, and one case with cVDPV2 and cVDPV3 co-infection.

All outbreak response activities for 2018 have been completed; planning is underway to design the 2019 vaccination activities and detail phase two of the outbreak response plan.

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 17, 20 December 2018

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Situation reports

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 16, 11 December 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 15, 4 December 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 14, 26 November 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 13, 15 November 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 12, 8 November 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 11, 24 October 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 10, 24 October 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 9, 15 October 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 8, 8 October 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 7, 30 September 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 6, 21 September 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 5, 13 September 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 4, 31 August 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 3, 20 August 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 2, 2 August 2018

Somalia cVDPV situation report, Issue 1, 2 August 2018