Polio Field Census and Vaccination of Underserved Populations — Northern Nigeria, 2012–2013

Gidado, Saheed O.; Nguku, Patrick M.; Ohuabunwo, Chima J.; Waziri, Ndadilnasiya E.; Etsano, Andrew; Mahmud, Mustapha Z.; Shuaib, Faisal M.; Korir, Charles K.; Mkanda, Pascal; Bloland, Peter B.; Esapa, Lisa E.; Kaplan, Brian C.; Mahoney, Frank J.; Mast, Eric E.; Mba-Jonas, Adamma C. N.; Ogbuanu, Ikechukwu U.; Ruiz, Alicia G.; Wassilak, Steve G.; Wiesen, Eric S.

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Polio Field Census and Vaccination of Underserved Populations — Northern Nigeria, 2012–2013

Aug 23 2013
By Gidado, Saheed O. ; Nguku, Patrick M. ; Ohuabunwo, Chima J. ; ...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013; 62(33):663-665.

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Gidado, Saheed O. ; Nguku, Patrick M. ; Ohuabunwo, Chima J. ; Waziri, Ndadilnasiya E. ; Etsano, Andrew ; ... More +

Gidado, Saheed O. ; Nguku, Patrick M. ; Ohuabunwo, Chima J. ; Waziri, Ndadilnasiya E. ; Etsano, Andrew ; Mahmud, Mustapha Z. ; Shuaib, Faisal M. ; Korir, Charles K. ; Mkanda, Pascal ; Bloland, Peter B. ; Esapa, Lisa E. ; Kaplan, Brian C. ; Mahoney, Frank J. ; Mast, Eric E. ; Mba-Jonas, Adamma C. N. ; Ogbuanu, Ikechukwu U. ; Ruiz, Alicia G. ; Wassilak, Steve G. ; Wiesen, Eric S. Less -
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In 2012, the World Health Assembly declared completion of polio eradication a public health emergency. However, wild polioVirus (WPV) Transmission remains endemic in three countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan). In Nigeria, the National Stop Transmission of Polio (N-STOP) program, under the umbrella of the Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP), has been developed to implement innovative strategies that address the remaining polio eradication challenges in Nigeria. One N-STOP initiative focuses on locating and vaccinating children aged<5 years in remote nomadic, scattered, and border populations in northern Nigeria, where low polio vaccination coverage likely contributes to ongoing WPV Transmission. During August 2012-April 2013, N-STOP conducted field outreach activities that enumerated 40,212 remote settlements, including 4,613 (11.5%) settlements never visited by vaccination teams during previous polio supplemental immunization activities (SIAs). Enumeration resulted in documentation of 906,201 children aged<5 years residing in these settlements, including 53,738 (5.9%) who had never received polio vaccination, and in detection of 211 unreported cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) with onset of illness in the 6 months before enumeration. Sustaining access to underserved populations in remote settlements in future SIAs will increase overall population immunity and should decrease WPV Transmission. By providing a flexible and capable workforce consisting of Nigerian citizens, N-STOP is able to support evaluation and implementation of innovative polio eradication strategies in Nigeria while building local public health capacity with a potential to address other public health problems following the eradication of polio from Nigeria.
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Censuses Child, Preschool Community-Institutional Relations Health Services Accessibility Humans Immunization Programs Infant Poliomyelitis PolioVirus Vaccines Vulnerable Populations
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013; 62(33):663-665.
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23965829
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PMC4604797
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Journal Article
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Nigeria
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62
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33
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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