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Nigeria

Status: endemic

Nigeria is one of the most entrenched reservoirs of wild poliovirus in the world. It is the only country with ongoing transmission of all three serotypes: wild poliovirus type 1, wild poliovirus type 3, and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2. States in the north of the country are the main source of polio infections elsewhere in Nigeria and in neighbouring countries. In 2009, operational improvements in these northern states led to a 90% decline in cases of wild poliovirus type 1 and a 50% decline in overall cases compared with 2008.

Financial resource requirements (2013-2015) for Nigeria.

Polio this week in Nigeria

  
    • Four new WPV cases were reported in the past week (WPV1s from Borno, Kano, Taraba and Yobe), bringing the total number of cases for 2013 to 22. The cases from Borno and Taraba are the most recent WPV cases in the country, both with onset of paralysis on 24 April.
    • No new cases of cVDPV2 were reported in the past week. The most recent cVDPV2 case had onset of paralysis on 24 November 2012 (from Kebbi).
    • Subnational Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) were held this week (11-14 May) in northern and middle-belt states.
      

    News Stories and Press Releases for Nigeria

      

    Nigeria Countdown

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