On the Road to a Polio-Free Nigeria

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.) ; Rotary International
• Description:
  It's been one year since Nigeria's last reported case of polio. Where are we on the road to a polio-free Nigeria?
  
  Rotary has donated over $207M to end polio in Nigeria.
  
  Over 200,000 health workers immunize 230 million children in Africa.
  
  No Stopping. Nigeria must go 2 more years without a new polio case.
  
  • 1988 - The Global Polio Eradication Initiative launches. Nigeria hits the road with some 30,000 cases of wild poliovirus.
  
  • 2014 - Nigeria records its last polio case for the year on 24 July.
  
  • 2015 - The World Health Organization may remove Nigeria from its list of polio-endemic countries this year.
  
  • 2017 - Arrive at a certified polio-free Africa?
  
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• Subjects:
  Poliomyelitis/prevention & control
• Series:
  End Polio Now
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eebc78322c2e4b2340b1a8867926bf9e6ada3603eecfa47ad59919ade4f3751fd67e6d900eb6d1ae0cd98bb00fb7eeaf3cbe73f084c71856762991327a84aeed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34172/cdc_34172_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.45 MB ]