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

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...

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Published in:	MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2013-08, Vol.62 (33), p.663-665
Main Authors:	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
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Census Censuses Child, Preschool Children Communities Community-Institutional Relations Control Disease transmission Health Services Accessibility Humans Immunization Immunization Programs - organization & administration Immunization Programs - utilization Inactivated poliovirus vaccine Infant Nigeria - epidemiology Polio Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis - epidemiology Poliomyelitis - prevention & control Poliovirus Poliovirus Vaccines - administration & dosage Population estimates Public health Vaccination Vaccines Virus diseases Vulnerable Populations - statistics & numerical data
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