Stopping circulatory vaccine-derived poliovirus in Kaduna state by scaling up special interventions in local government areas along rivers of interest- kamacha basin experience, 2013–2015

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 18; no. S4; pp. 1303 - 8
• Main Authors: Musa, Audu I., Shuaib, Faisal, Braka, Fiona, Mkanda, Pascal, Banda, Richard, Korir, Charles, Tegegne, Sisay G., Abdullahi, Suleiman, Umeh, Gregory C., Nomhwange, Terna I., Iyal, Hadiza Aliyu, Ishaku, Sambo, Adamu, Usman, Damisa, Eunice, Bagana, Murtala, Gugong, Victor, Balarabe, Hadiza, Nsubuga, Peter, Vaz, Rui G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.12.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Circulatory vaccine derived polio-virus; Health promotion; Herd immunity; Humans; Immunity; Immunization; Infant; Intervention; Local Government; Nigeria; Nigeria - epidemiology; Paralysis; Poliomyelitis; Poliomyelitis - epidemiology; Poliomyelitis - prevention & control; Poliovirus - isolation & purification; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral - administration & dosage; Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral - adverse effects; Poliovirus vaccines; Polioviruses; Population; Program Evaluation; Public health; Quality assurance; Risk factors; Rivers; Scaling; Scaling up; Special interventions; Supervision; Surveillance; Teams; Tributaries; Underserved populations; Vaccines; Nigeria; Nigeria; Special interventions; Circulatory vaccine derived polio-virus

The Kamacha river is one of the five polio environmental surveillance sites in Kaduna State where 13 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPDs) were isolated between 2014 and 2015. Kamacha river accounted for 5 of all reported cVDPVs in Kaduna State between 2014 and 2015. Poor quality Supplem...