Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Nigeria, January 2018–May 2019

The number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases in Nigeria decreased from 1,122 in 2006 to six WPV type 1 (WPV1) in 2014. During August 2014-July 2016, no WPV cases were detected; during August-September 2016, four cases were reported in Borno State. An insurgency in northeastern Nigeria had resulted in 4...

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Published inMMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 68; no. 29; pp. 642 - 646
Main Authors Adamu, Usman S, Archer, W Roodly, Braka, Fiona, Damisa, Eunice, Siddique, Anisur, Baig, Shazad, Higgins, Jeffrey, Sume, Gerald Etapelong, Banda, Richard, Korir, Charles Kipkoech, Waziri, Ndadilnasiya, Gidado, Saheed, Bammeke, Philip, Edukugo, Aboyowa, Nganda, Gatei Wa, bi, Joseph C, Burns, Cara C, Liu, Hongmei, Jorba, Jaume, Asekun, Adeyelu, Franka, Richard, Wassilak, Steven G F, Bolu, Omotayo
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta U.S. Center for Disease Control 26.07.2019
Subjects
Children
Children & youth
Health services
Insurgency
Occupational exposure
Outbreaks
Poliomyelitis
Population
Rebellions
Security
Security forces
Surveillance
Vaccination
Vaccines
New York
Cameroon
Niger
Africa
Nigeria
Switzerland
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Summary:The number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases in Nigeria decreased from 1,122 in 2006 to six WPV type 1 (WPV1) in 2014. During August 2014-July 2016, no WPV cases were detected; during August-September 2016, four cases were reported in Borno State. An insurgency in northeastern Nigeria had resulted in 468,800 children aged <5 years deprived of health services in Borno by 2016. Military activities in mid- 2016 freed isolated families to travel to camps, where the four WPV1 cases were detected. Oral poliovirus vaccine campaigns were intensified during August 2016-December 2017; since October 2016, no WPV has been detected. Vaccination activities in insurgent-held areas are conducted by security forces; however, 60,000 unvaccinated children remain in unreached settlements. Since 2018, circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 has emerged and spread from Nigeria to Niger and Cameroon; outbreak responses to date have not interrupted transmission. Here, Adamu et al describe progress in Nigeria polio eradication activities during January 2018-May 2019 and updates the previous report.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X