Nigeria: 2011/2012 Polio cases

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/pol...4-kids-zamfara

Polio paralyses 4 kids in Zamfara
Experts in the state decry the community resistance to oral polio vaccine
Article | July 4, 2012 - 12:02pm | By Vincent Ehiabhi

Four children from three local government areas of Zamfara State have been paralysed as a result of polio disease in the last six months.

Ado Muhammad, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), disclosed this in Gusau during the polio-free torch campaign, which had in attendance traditional rulers and religious leaders from the 19 northern states and Abuja...

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/kas...ld-polio-virus

Kastina confirms case of wild polio virus
A 2-year-old girl in Sandamu LGA has been infected
Article | July 4, 2012 - 4:51pm | By Vincent Ehiabhi

The Katsina State Government, on Wednesday, confirmed the infection of a two-year-old girl with the wild polio virus in Karkarku Village of Sandamu Local Government Area of the state.

Dr. Mu’awuya Aliyu, the Executive Chairman of the state’s Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), made this known during a press briefing in Katsina...

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/nigeria-worst-polio

Nigeria worst in polio
WHO representative in the country announces in Lagos that we have the worst polio record
Article | July 8, 2012 - 1:27pm | By Yinka Ojo

The World Health Organisation has said that Nigeria has the highest number of poliomyelitis cases in the world.

WHO's Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr. David Okello, announced this in Lagos at the installation ceremony of the new District Governor of Rotary International District 9110, Dr. Kamoru Omotosho, which occurred yesterday.

Okello, noted that Nigeria was ranked alongside two other countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, who are both still grappling with the problem.

“Nigeria is now the largest contributor of global polio burden -nearly 60 per cent. Nigeria is also the only country in the world to have all three types of polio virus — Type 1, Type 3, and circulating vaccine-derived Type 2 viruses,” Okello said...

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201207090211.html

Nigeria: 48 Cases of Polio Recorded in Niger, Others in 2012
By Rose Adah, 9 July 2012

A total of 48 cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) have been recorded in 10 States since the beginning of the year 2012 with Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and Niger as the affected States.

Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu Muazu, who made this known at the flag-off ceremony of the 4th Round of the Immunisation Plus Days (IPDS) at Chanchaga town, Bosso LGA, Niger State, stated that the ugly experience of polio cases in Nigeria has made the country the leading country with polio infection in the world...

[Ronan Kelly]

Nigeria doubtful to meet 2012 deadline for Polio eradication
WEDNESDAY, 08 AUGUST 2012 14:16 ALEXANDER CHIEJINA

The Global Polio Eradication (GPEI), led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Rotary International, US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), was launched in 1988 when the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to eradicate the Wild Polio Virus (WPV).
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Only last week, two new cases were reported-WPV1 from Jigawa and Yobe states, bringing the total number of cases for 2012 to 57 as against 62 cases recorded in 2011. The most recent case was the newly reported case from Jigawa state with onset of paralysis on 25 June 2012.
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http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/...io-eradication

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Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index...nce&Itemid=608


Nigeria records eight new polio cases
Thursday, 23 August 2012 00:00 By Chukwuma Muanya Features - Science

NIGERIA has continued to transmit the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) with eight new cases recorded last week bringing the total number for 2012 to 70.

According to the latest edition of Weekly Polio Update published by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), “eight new cases were reported in the past week, seven type one polio virus (WPV1s) from Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina and a type three (WPV3) from Taraba, bringing the total number of cases for 2012 to 70. The most recent was the newly reported case from Kaduna with onset of paralysis on July 23...

[Ronan Kelly]

Polio this week - As of 21 Aug 2012

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Nigeria
Two new cases were reported in the past week (both WPV1s from Katsina), bringing the total number of cases for 2012 to 72.
The most recent case had onset of paralysis on 23 July (WPV1 from Kaduna).
The next Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) have been postponed by one week, and will now be held from 23-26 September.
Planning is focusing on further sensitizing microplans; scaling up geographic information systems (GIS) technology to more
accurately monitor vaccination team movements against pre-prepared microplans; further engaging traditional leaders; further
integrating the new staff capacity which has been built up over the past months; and, targeting activities including to reach
Nomadic populations in 40 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in ten states.
The strategic recommendations by surveillance medical officers (SMOs) from India who had recently observed activities in
Nigeria are being fully integrated into preparations for the next IPDs.
In response to the recently-detected WPV3 case in Taraba (onset of paralysis on 5 July), a mop-up is being conducted this
weekend in four wards in the vicinity of the affected area. This will be followed by a state-wide response over the coming
weeks.
His Excellency the Governor of Taraba has pledged his full support for response activities
Northern Nigeria is now the global epicentre of WPV3 transmission. Of 17 WPV3 cases reported this year, 15 are from northern
Nigeria.
Insecurity remains a challenge in parts of the country, notably in Borno and Yobe states, particularly in the capital cities of both
of these states. Reviews of microplans have been postponed in the capital cities due to the insecurity situation. An assessment
of the impact of the situation on polio activities is ongoing.
Given the recent increase in cases in Katsina state (14 cases this year, 8 of which since May), the possibility of conducting
immunization campaigns across the border in Niger is being explored, to minimize the risk and consequences of polio spread
from Katsina. Niger will participate in planned, multi-country immunization campaigns in October and November (see ‘West
Africa’ section below for more), but limited activities in border areas, possibly in conjunction with the September IPDs in Nigeria,
would further mitigate risk.
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Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index...nal&Itemid=559

WHO alerts on fresh polio outbreak in Yobe
Friday, 31 August 2012 00:00 From Njadvara Musa, Damaturu News - National

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday reported four new cases of the wild polio viruses in three councils of Yobe State, including Damaturu, the state capital.

The new cases, according to the state’s WHO coordinator, Dr. Isa Adamu, were recorded in Damaturu, Karasuwa, and Gulani Councils...

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Source: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index...nal&Itemid=559

Polio cases hit 77 in eight months
Monday, 03 September 2012 00:00 By Chukwuma Muanya (Lagos) and Emeka Anuforo (Abuja) News - National

Govt begins immunisation in 11 states Sept 23

WITH five new cases of the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) reported last week, the number of confirmed outbreak in the country between January and August 2012 has hit 77.

As part of efforts to address the issue, stakeholders led by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the Presidential Taskforce on Polio Eradication plan a new Tsangaya (Koranic) School strategy to be piloted in 10 high-risk councils of Jigawa and Zamfara in early September, to help reduce the number of missed children during polio campaigns and build community engagement.

The stakeholders, which also include the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have started preparations for the next Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs) on September23 to 26, in 11 states in the north of the country...

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Source: http://nigerianobservernews.com/1209...ws/news13.html

Taraba Records New Case Of Polio Virus

JALINGO - One case of wild polio virus (WPV) has been recorded in Wuru village of Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba, after more than five years of declaring the state polio free.


Ms Edele Thebaud, Chief of UNICEF D-Field Office, confirmed this at the signing of Programme Implementation Agreement (PIA) between the organisation and Taraba Government in Jalingo...

[Ronan Kelly]

Katsina worst hit by polio as Nigeria records four new cases
MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2012 00:00 BY CHUKWUMA MUANYA

UN meets over scourge Sept 27



IF nothing is done urgently Katsina State, which accounts for 40 per cent of Nigeria’s Wild Polio Virus type one (WPV1), may export the virus to neighbouring countries, even as the country last week reported four new cases of polio.

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According to the latest edition of Weekly Polio Update published yesterday by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), four new cases were reported in the past week. Two of the WPV1s is from Kano while two WPV1s is from Jigawa, bringing the total number of cases for 2012 to 88. The most recent case, a WPV1 from Jigawa, had onset of paralysis on August 20.

Additionally, two new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) were reported from Kano State, the most recent of which had onset of paralysis on August 1.

According to the GPEI, Nigeria remains the only country in the world with ongoing circulation of all three serotypes: WPV1, WPV3 and cVDPV2.
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http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index...nal&Itemid=559

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Source: http://www.voanews.com/content/polio...a/1516673.html


News / Africa
Polio Surges in Nigeria
Heather Murdock
September 28, 2012

ABUJA — Polio is again on the rise in Nigeria and doctors said the entire region should be on alert. An alarming number of new cases have been found in the north, where authorities are already dealing with the unrest caused by the militant group Boko Haram. Health officials warn that even a few cases of polio can lead to a devastating outbreak...

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Source: http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/09/29/...n-polio-cases/

Katsina state leads in polio cases
Published on September 29, 2012 by pmnews

Katsina state, in Nigeria’s Northwest has the nation’s highest number of polio cases, Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation Unit of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said.

Mahmud said this in Katsina while speaking with journalists on Saturday.

He stressed that Katsina State recorded the highest number of polio cases out of the 88 confirmed cases in the country...

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Source: http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/12/10/2982s737472.htm

Case of Type-one Wild Polio Reported in Nigeria
2012-12-10 01:17:31 Xinhua Web Editor: Yangyang

A case of type-one wild polio virus had been reported in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT), an health official has said. The executive secretary for the Primary Health Care Development Board (PHCDB) Rilwanu Mohammed told reporters in Abuja on Sunday that the reported case had been confirmed. Mohammed said there was no reported case of polio in the FCT since 2010, but that one child had just been confirmed to have the type one polio virus...

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Source: http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/42...orted_fct.html

New Case Of Type-one Wild Polio Reported In FCT
Leadership Editors's picture
Mon, 10/12/2012 - 2:39am | CATHERINE AGBO

Two years after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded its last case of wild polio virus in Dobi village, Gwagwalada Area Council, a new case of the virus and another suspected case was yesterday recorded in Jahi village, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

The executive secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this during the monitoring of a mop-up polio immunisation exercise in the area.

He said a case of weakness of limbs in a child of two years and six months, Yusuf Haruna, was reported to the board, and that during investigation in the area, similar symptoms were noticed in another child, prompting the authorities to send faecal samples from the suspected cases to Ibadan for test...

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Source: http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/12/13/...polio-vaccine/

WHO to compel Nigerians going abroad take polio vaccine print
Published on December 13, 2012 by pmnews

From May 2013, Nigerians travelling abroad would be compelled to take the oral polio vaccine before leaving Nigeria, Dr Ray Nihar, an official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in Kaduna today.

Nihar said at the monthly review meeting of traditional rulers in Kaduna State involved in polio eradication campaign that WHO would issue a standing recommendation to all nations under the International Health Regulations...

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Source: http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/12/29/...ases-of-polio/

Nigeria reports eight new cases of polio print
Published on December 29, 2012 by pmnews

Eight new cases of wild polio virus have been reported in Nigeria’s north western state of Kebbi, according to Hajiya Saudatu Abdullahi, the manager of National Programme on Immunisation in the state

The new cases increase to 10 the polio virus incidents in the state.

Last October, Anna Jones, UNICEF Information Consultant reported two cases.

A report on the activities of the programme signed by Adbullahi, made available to NAN in Birnin Kebbi showed that wild virus had also been uncovered in Aliero, Augie, Birnin Kebbi, Bagudo, Yauri Local Government Areas while two types of the virus were recorded in Gwandu Local Government Area alone...

[Ronan Kelly]

From Polio this week - As of 09 January 2013
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb...ary%202013.pdf

[Gert van der Hoek]

Latest case was reported with onset on november 24 2012: see previous post.

Nigeria Records Zero Case of Polio in Two Months

01 Feb 2013

Speaking with journalists in Abuja yesterday after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, the Director General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Ado Mohammed, said the committee on the eradication of polio had stepped up its efforts to totally eliminate the disease from the country in the next two years.

“What we told the president is that in the last two months, Nigeria has not recorded a single case of polio. What this means is that no child has been paralysed in Nigeria in the last two months. This is a major achievement,” he said.

“Secondly, we also shared with the president the global good analysis which is done by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which shows that the population immunity has increased in Nigeria from 50 per cent to 80 per cent. What this means is that even if the polio Virus finds itself in any location, it may not be able to paralyse a child and even if it paralyses a child, other children in those places would be secured. Population immunity has improved,” he said.

More: This Day Live

[Gert van der Hoek]

FCT records fresh outbreak of type one wild polio

on FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Abuja – Three months after a reported case of wild polio in Jahi village, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), another case has been confirmed in Kabusa, Lugbe, FCT, an official said.

Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Secretary of the FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, that the case of two and a half-year old Abubakar Usman was reported to the board two weeks ago during the immunisation plus days.

Mohammed told NAN that Usman had a case weakness of the limbs and samples were taken to Ibadan for test, a confirmation of the result was out on Feb. 18.

“In December, we had the first case of polio positive and the second case was also positive, so we have three cases in three months.

More: Vanguard


FCT = the Federal Capital Territory;the home of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Further reports on polio in Nigeria in this thread:

Nigeria - Polio cases in 2013

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