TABLE. Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance indicators and reported cases of wild poliovirus (WPV), by region and period — Afghanistan, January 2017–May 2018*.
| Region of Afghanistan | AFP surveillance indicators (2017) | No. of WPV cases reported | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of AFP cases | Rate of nonpolio AFP† | % of AFP cases with adequate specimens§ | Jan–Jun 2017 | Jul–Dec 2017 | Jan–May 2018 | |
| All regions | 3,078 | 15.3 | 93.5 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Badakhshan | 65 | 11.4 | 95.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern | 345 | 13.7 | 92.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northeastern | 421 | 18.7 | 91.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Central | 545 | 11.8 | 96.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern | 363 | 18.3 | 93.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Southeastern | 250 | 12.7 | 94.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern | 543 | 15.4 | 87.5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Western | 546 | 20.4 | 95.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Data current through May 15, 2018.
† Per 100,000 persons aged <15 years. Surveillance target is ≥2/100,000 persons aged <15 years.
§ Surveillance target is that ≥80% of AFP cases have adequate stool specimens collected. Adequate stool specimens are defined as two stool specimens of sufficient quality for laboratory analysis, collected ≥24 hours apart, both within 14 days of paralysis onset, and arriving in good condition at a World Health Organization–accredited laboratory with reverse cold chain maintained and without leakage or desiccation and with proper documentation.