| survey of poliovirus antibodies in kano, northern nigeria. | in 1988, the world health assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. since then, much progress towards this goal has been made, but three countries including nigeria remain polio-endemic as of end 2012. to assess the immunity level against poliomyelitis in young children in northern nigeria, we conducted a seroprevalence survey in the kano metropolitan area (kma) in may 2011. | 2014 | 24041545 |
| an evaluation of polio supplemental immunization activities in kano, katsina, and zamfara states, nigeria: lessons in progress. | as 1 of 3 remaining poliovirus-endemic countries, nigeria has become key to the global polio eradication effort. we evaluated supplemental immunization activities, including team performance, communications/mobilization activities, and vaccine acceptance, in 3 high-risk states. | 2014 | 25316881 |
| polio elimination in nigeria: a review. | nigeria has made tremendous strides towards eliminating polio and has been free of wild polio virus (wpv) for more than a year as of august 2015. however, sustained focus towards getting rid of all types of poliovirus by improving population immunity and enhancing disease surveillance will be needed to ensure it sustains the polio-free status. we reviewed the pertinent literature including published and unpublished, official reports and working documents of the global polio eradication initiativ ... | 2016 | 26383769 |
| revised household-based microplanning in polio supplemental immunization activities in kano state, nigeria. 2013-2014. | remarkable progress had been made since the launch of the global polio eradication initiative in 1988. however endemic wild poliovirus transmission in nigeria, pakistan, and afghanistan remains an issue of international concern. poor microplanning has been identified as a major contributor to the high numbers of chronically missed children. | 2016 | 26908755 |
| poliovirus seroprevalence before and after interruption of poliovirus transmission in kano state, nigeria. | in september 2015, nigeria was removed from the list of polio-endemic countries after more than 12months had passed since the detection of last wild poliovirus case in the country on 24 july 2014. we are presenting here a report of two polio seroprevalence surveys conducted in september 2013 and october 2014, respectively, in the kano state of northern nigeria. | 2016 | 27591950 |
| how vaccine safety can become political--the example of polio in nigeria. | vaccine safety is increasingly a major aspect of immunization programmes. parents are becoming more aware of safety issues relating to vaccines their babies might receive. as a consequence, public health initiatives have had to take note of pressures brought to bear by individual parents and groups. now we document a new phase in vaccine safety where it has been used to achieve political objectives. in 1988, the world health assembly declared its intention to eradicate poliomyelitis from the glo ... | 2006 | 18690921 |
| progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - nigeria, january 2012-september 2013. | transmission of wild poliovirus (wpv) has never been interrupted in afghanistan, pakistan, and nigeria, and since 2003, nigeria has been a reservoir for wpv reintroduction to 25 polio-free countries. in 2012, the nigerian government activated an emergency operations center and implemented a national emergency action plan to eradicate polio. the 2013 revision of this plan prioritized 1) improving quality of supplemental immunization activities (sias), 2) implementing strategies to reach underserv ... | 2013 | 24336134 |
| role of serial polio seroprevalence studies in guiding implementation of the polio eradication initiative in kano, nigeria: 2011-2014. | nigeria was one of 3 polio-endemic countries before it was de-listed in september 2015 by the world health organization, following interruption of transmission of the poliovirus. during 2011-2014, nigeria conducted serial polio seroprevalence surveys (sps) in kano metropolitan area, comprising 8 local government areas (lgas) in kano that is considered very high risk (vhr) for polio, to monitor performance of the polio eradication program and guide the program in the adoption of innovative strate ... | 2016 | 26908720 |
| satellite imagery technology in public health: analysis of site catchment areas for assessment of poliovirus circulation in nigeria and niger. | environmental surveillance supplements the surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis by monitoring wastewater for poliovirus circulation. building on previous work, we analysed wastewater flow to optimise selection and placement of sampling sites with higher digital surface model (dsm) resolution. the newly developed 5-m mesh dsm from the panchromatic, remote-sensing instruments for stereo mapping on-board the japanese advanced land observing satellite was used to estimate catchment areas and flow ... | 2016 | 27903060 |