With increase in the number of polio cases, Nigeria serves as the primary threat to a polio free world. The “good” the bad” and “the ugly” aspects of polio vaccination in Nigeria is discussed. In the ‘good’ aspect the number of wild poliovirus cases declined by over 90%, cVDPV 2 cases declined by 82%. Similarly, genetic clusters of both wild poliovirus type 1 and type 3 have reduced form 18 and...

Abbreviations: A/C: Area in Charges; AFP: Acute Flaccid Paralysis; AFP: Acute Flaccid Paralysis; CNIC: Computerized National Identity Card; cVDPV2: Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Vaccine Virus type 2; DDM: Direct Dis-imbursement Method; DEWS: Disease Early Warning System; DHMT: District Health Management Team; DHMT: District Health Management Team; DHOs: District Health Offices; DPT: Diphthe...

introduction: immunization is one of the most important health programs in first level prevention and is also one of the most cost-effective prevention programs in the entire world. this study evaluates the situation of immunization in fewer than one year old afghan refugee children in kerman, iran. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study. data was extracted from the records of ...

Global importance of the health condition today: today, polio is on the verge of being erased from the globe. as recently as 988, 25 countries were endemic for polio, with an estimated 350,000 cases. through the first half of 2006, just four countries were reported endemic for polio, and fewer than 700 cases were reported worldwide. this dramatic reduction is the result of massive oral polio va...

Tara Mangal and colleagues document the struggle to eliminate polio in northern Nigeria. However, they overlook the importance of routine immunisation to polio eradication eff orts. The investigators identified an association between the risk of contracting polio and oral polio vaccine unavailability. Systemic problems with routine immunisation distribution, supply chain, and staffi ng result i...

Since the 1988 resolution of the World Health Assembly to eradicate polio, significant progress has been made toward achieving this goal, with the result that only Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan have never successfully interrupted endemic transmission of wild poliovirus. However, one of the greatest challenges of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been that of maintaining the polio...

Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 1988, the number of polio-endemic countries has decreased from 125 to 2 (Afghanistan and Pakistan). To secure the gains and to address the remaining challenges, the GPEI developed the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan, 2013-2018 (the Plan), endorsed by all Member States at the WHA...

The Western world has been polio-free for decades; however, many are affected by the stigmata of polio in several countries, including India. While general anesthesia (GA) and subarachnoid block (SAB) have used successfully widely, all those cases were mostly done with relatively older drugs without additives. Therefore, further literature is needed to note effect newer anesthetic agents on pos...

     Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious viral disease which is mainly transmitted via contaminated food and drinking water by human feces, especially in situations of poor hygiene and sanitation (1). This disease is caused by 3 types of wild poliovirus (WPV) (types 1, 2 and 3), and immunity against one type does not create immunity against other types. In our country according National Immuni...