Following the outbreak of circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) in 10 Northern states in the country, a phased outbreak response (OBR) strategy was adopted for effective coverage. The affected states were divided into two (2) and the first outbreak response was held from 8 – 11 December 2018 in the following states; Adamawa, Bauchi, […]
The National Stop Transmission of Polio (NSTOP) initiative, supporting polio eradication in Africa under the Global Immunization Division (GID) branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), held a site visit to the African Field Epidemiology Network Offices from 28 – 30 November 2018 in Kampala, Uganda. The objectives of the site visit […]
Nigeria, the most populous black nation has some communities that are hard-to- reach, scattered, underserved, security compromised and nomadic in nature that makes access to regular Routine Immunization (RI) services a challenge. This is a source of concern as it affects the implementation of public health intervention such as RI service delivery and NSTOP has […]
Public health issue in Nigeria is a big phenomenon that needs daring organizations like NSTOP to assist in tackling the issues at the interest of the poor, underserved and hard to reach communities and the nation at large. Following the outbreak of circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) being experienced in two (2) states of […]
Nigeria remains the only Polio endemic country in Africa however, tremendous progress has been made towards eradication of wild polio virus despite the setback experienced in 2016. Key among the innovative strategies for this progress is a robust AFP surveillance system. The country has consistently met the two AFP surveillance core indicators; Non- Polio AFP […]
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