Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified in South Sudan

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified · South Sudan · 3 WHO events across 3 calendar years (2013–2021).

Event log

Year	DON ID	ICD-10	ICD-11
2021	DON2682	A809	1C81
2014	DON1991	A809	1C81
2013	DON1778	A809	1C81

Annual cadence

Year	Events
2021	1
2014	1
2013	1

Most active year: 2021 with 1 event.
Quiet years with no events: 6.

Position within the disease

• South Sudan is rank #16 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 South Sudan’s threats

Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified is rank #2 of 8 diseases reported by South Sudan to the WHO. The full country profile is at the South Sudan Hub.