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SAGE recommends stronger polio vaccination to protect more children

At its latest meeting, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) recommended strengthening routine polio vaccination by moving to three doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), including through accelerated introduction of hexavalent vaccine, particularly in countries at risk of poliovirus transmission. SAGE also recommended considering an additional IPV dose where outbreaks persist despite vaccination efforts. Read the highlights SAGE report.

Polio Oversight Board meets in Berlin to review programme priorities and 2027 budget

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Polio Oversight Board (POB) met in Berlin on 10 October 2026, together with representatives of donor and country governments and partner organizations, to review programme progress, priorities and financing. The POB approved a 2027 operating budget of approximately US$778 million, with resources prioritized for interrupting wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan and responding to priority outbreaks elsewhere. The programme will continue to review and adapt its strategy and operational plans, based on programmatic and epidemiological developments.  More.

From Mongolian dance moves to Manneken Pis: the world gets moving to end polio!

What do a traditional Mongolian dance, a 3.5-kilometre walk, a famous Belgian statue and a global fitness challenge have in common? They are all part of this year’s World Polio Day celebrations! From Mongolia to Geneva, Brussels, London and beyond, Rotary members are bringing communities together, raising awareness and keeping the push to end polio firmly in the spotlight. Discover how people around the world are getting involved — and how you can join them.  More.

Summary of new polioviruses this week

  • Afghanistan :  one WPV1 case and one WPV1-positive environmental sample
  • Pakistan :  one WPV1 case
  • DR Congo :  seven cVDPV2 cases and one cVDPV2-positive environmental sample
  • Madagascar :  two cVDPV1 cases
  • Mali :  two cVDPV2 cases
  • Nigeria :  one cVDPV3 case
  • Somalia :  four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples
  • South Sudan :  one cVDPV1 case
Country updates as of 14 October 2026

More information on the countries that have reported cases and/or environmental samples this week.

  • One WPV1 case was reported this week, from Nangarhar, with onset of paralysis on 5 September 2026 (most recent case). The total number of cases in 2026 is 36. The total number of cases in 2025 is 21.
  • One WPV1-positive environmental sample was reported this week from Hilmand, collected on 22 September 2026 (most recent positive environmental sample).

  • One WPV1 case was reported this week from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with onset of paralysis on 13 September 2026 (most recent case). The total number of cases in 2026 is six. The total number of cases in 2025 is 31.
  • No WPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample:  10 September 2026).

  • Seven cVDPV2 cases were reported this week from Haut Lomami and Haut Katanga, with onsets of paralysis between July and September 2026. The number of cVDPV2 cases in 2026 is 71 (most recent case:  5 September 2026). The number of cVDPV2 cases in 2025 is seven.
  • One cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week, from Lualaba, collected on 31 August 2026 (most recent positive environmental sample).
  • No cVDPV1 cases were reported this week. The number of cVDPV1 cases from 2025 is one (onset of paralysis: 25 June 2025).

  • Two cVDPV1 cases were reported this week, from Atsimo Andrefana, with onsets of paralysis on 20 June 2026 and 7 August 2026 (most recent case). There are four cases reported in 2026. 
  • No cVDPV1-positive environmental sample was reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample:  6 July 2026).

  • Two cVDPV2 cases were reported this week, from Menaka, with onsets of paralysis on 2 June 2026 and 2 August 2026 (most recent case). There are five cases reported in 2026. There was one case reported from the country in 2025.

  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week. The total number of cVDPV2 cases reported in 2026 is 36 (most recent case:  21 August 2026). The total number of cVDPV2 cases reported in 2025 is 66. 
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental sample was reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample:  22 July 2026).
  • One cVDPV3 case was reported this week, from Katsina, with onset of paralysis on 20 September 2026 (most recent case). The total number of cVDPV3 cases in 2026 is 13. The total number of cVDPV3 cases in 2025 is eight.
  • No cVDPV3-positive environmental samples were reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample: 16 July 2026).

  • No cVDPV2 cases were reported this week (most recent case: 22 June 2026). There are six cases reported in 2026. Two cases were reported in 2025. 
  • Four cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week, from Banadir and Bay, collected in September (most recent positive environmental sample:  14 September 2026).

  • One cVDPV1 case was reported this week, Central Equatoria, with onset of paralysis on 18 September 2026 (most recent case). There are 16 cVDPV1 cases reported in 2026.
  • No cVDPV2 case was reported this week.  There are four cVDPV2 cases reported in 2026 (most recent case:  22 August 2026).
  • No cVDPV1-positive environmental samples were reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample: 14 July 2026).
  • No cVDPV2-positive environmental samples were reported this week (most recent positive environmental sample: 12 May 2026).