Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified in Papua New Guinea

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified · Papua New Guinea · 3 WHO events across 3 calendar years (2018–2025).

Event log

Year	DON ID	ICD-10	ICD-11
2025	DON2921	A809	1C81
2019	DON2500	A809	1C81
2018	DON2433	A809	1C81

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2025	1
2019	1
2018	1

Most active year: 2025 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 5.

Position within the disease

• Papua New Guinea is rank #17 of 52 for this disease.
• The country sits in the WHO WPR region.
• Last reported event: 2025 (1 year ago).

Regional peers (WPR)

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

Country	Events
Papua New Guinea ←	3
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2
China	1
Philippines	1

How this disease ranks among Papua New Guinea’s threats

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified is rank #2 of 3 diseases reported by Papua New Guinea to the WHO. The full country profile is at the Papua New Guinea Hub.