Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified in Ghana

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified · Ghana · 4 WHO events across 4 calendar years (2003–2021).

Event log

Year	DON ID	ICD-10	ICD-11
2021	DON2682	A809	1C81
2019	DON2587, DON2555	A809	1C81
2008	DON1318	A809	1C81
2003	DON0791	A809	1C81

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2021	1
2019	1
2008	1
2003	1

Most active year: 2021 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 15.

Position within the disease

• Ghana is rank #12 of 52 for this disease.
• The country sits in the WHO AFR region.
• Last reported event: 2021 (5 years ago).

Regional peers (AFR)

30 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 2.

Country	Events
Nigeria	6
Congo Democratic Republic of the	6
Chad	6
Kenya	5
Angola	5
Niger	5
Togo	4
Ethiopia	4

How this disease ranks among Ghana’s threats

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified is rank #3 of 13 diseases reported by Ghana to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Ghana Hub.