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Epidemiologists meet in Accra to discuss surveillance of diseases

Epidemiologists from WHO Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions meet in Accra to discuss surveillance of diseases in the two regions

01 February 2002 -- Epidemiologists and Experts meeting in Accra to assess progress made in the implementation of the UN funded Project on strengthening surveillance and response for vaccine-preventable and epidemic prone diseases, have called for effective documentation to enable national programs and their partners have useful evidence based on field experience in the implementation of the project.

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Nigeria swiftly moves to curtail polio outbreaks in vulnerable States

Abuja – 04 May 2021- When health teams discovered pockets of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks in seven states in Nigeria (Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Zamfara, Niger, Sokoto and Kebbi), national and state authorities in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners quickly moved to quell the threat to the health of thousands of children.
In Lagos, Delta, Bayelsa, Zamfara and Niger, the cases were detected during the second half of 2020, while the remaining States reported cases in the first quarter of 2021.

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Wild polio and vaccine derived polio in Nigeria

After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in Nigeria, the Government reported three laboratory confirmed wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) cases with onset between July and August 2016.

All three cases were detected from Borno State, in children between 2 and 5 years of age. Two of them developed acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) while one was asymptomatic, identified as a close contact of a child with AFP.

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