Nigeria: 2011/2012 Polio cases

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Source: http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5687609-146/story.csp

Fresh outbreak of polio recorded in Kebbi, Jigawa
By Ajewole Ebenezer
April 6, 2011 02:34AM


Four new cases of the wild polio virus have been recorded in Kebbi and Jigawa States, in a shocking reversal that underscores the continued threat posed by the disease in Nigeria.

The new cases brings to five the number of cases of the wild polio virus, which cripples and even kills children, recorded so far in the country in 2011.

Nigeria is one of only four countries across the world where the wild polio virus is still found. The others are Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Reacting to the discovery of the new cases of the wild polio virus in the two northern states, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Muhammed Ali Pate said the affected states are conducting a "mop-up" vaccination campaign with the support of the NPHCDA and international development partners to eradicate the virus.

Mr Ali Pate also said that despite Nigeria's progress in polio eradication, the virus is still a threat to the Nigerian child. He called for the support of state and local government to ensure that every single child under five years of age receives the polio vaccine...

 

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Source: http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/d...esurgence-in-nigeria-could-revers-178865.html

Polio resurgence in Nigeria could reverse gains: UNICEF
Northern Nigeria has seen signs of a resurgence of polio cases, threatening to erase gains that had...

Northern Nigeria has seen signs of a resurgence of polio cases, threatening to erase gains that had led to the near eradication of the disease in the country, UNICEF officials said Tuesday.

"In recent times, we have made some commendable strides in our commitment to kick polio out of Nigeria...," said deputy head of the UN children's fund for Nigeria, Jacques Boyer.

"However, there are challenges in sustaining the progress made in polio eradication as Nigeria is currently experiencing new polio outbreaks."

Polio cases in Nigeria dropped to 21 in 2010 from a staggering 338 cases in 2009.

But "as at this month, 20 cases of wild polio virus were reported in six states" in the north, Boyer told a gathering of traditional and religious leaders in the northern city of Kano.

"It is clear from the figures that we are beginning to lose some of the grounds covered in our polio eradication efforts."

The World Health Organisation has pledged to stop polio transmission by the end of the year and to stamp out the crippling virus worldwide by 2012.

"We have come too far in our fight against polio to contemplate a relapse. Complacency is probably the biggest danger that might jeopardise success in eradicating polio," Boyer told the community leaders.

The change has been blamed on a decrease in vaccinations for the highly contagious virus, which has been a problem in the past in Nigeria.

Between 2003 and 2004, the Nigerian state of Kano suspended polio immunisation for 13 months following allegations by some Muslim clerics that the virus was laced with substances that could render girls infertile.

They alleged it was part of a US-led Western plot to depopulate Africa,...

 

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Source: http://www.imassera.com/nigerian-polio-outbreak-is-a-cause-for-concern/2414532/

Nigerian Polio Outbreak Is A Cause For Concern
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Louise MacLean in Lifestyle

A mutated polio vaccine is causing major problems in Nigeria.

October 27, 2011- Health officials in Nigeria are fighting an unusual polio outbreak. The officials have said a mutating polio vaccine is the cause for the outbreak. However, they said the only way to remedy the situation is to continue to vaccinate the children in Nigeria.

World Health Organization officials fear news of the recent outbreak will be detrimental to the efforts of eradicating the disease in the northern part of Nigeria. In 2003, vaccinations were stopped for close to a year when rumors circulated that Muslim girls became sterilized from the vaccine or that it contained the HIV virus that caused AIDS. During just that short time span of no vaccinations, polio spread to other countries.

Officials denied they had maintained the outbreak a secret and said no one realized until a short time ago that close to 70 of the last 1,300 Nigeria polio cases was from the mutant vaccine virus instead of the ?wild type? that caused the majority of polio cases...

 

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21 November 2011

Polio in Nigeria 'shows big increase'

A four-fold increase in polio has been reported in Nigeria, with the disease spreading to other countries, a World Health Organisation official says.

Forty-three cases were reported in Nigeria this year, compared to 11 last year, the official, Thomas Moran, said.

Curbing the polio virus in Nigeria is key to eradicating the crippling disease in Africa, he said.

In 2003, northern Nigeria's Muslim leaders leaders opposed vaccinations, claiming they could cause infertility.

Nigeria is one of four countries in the world - along with Pakistan, India and Afghanistan - where polio is still a major health risk.

More: BBCnews

 

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Polio fights back as Nigeria records 44 new cases

TUESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2011

15 million children receive polio vaccine

NIGERIA has recorded 400 per cent increase in polio cases in one year, with 44 cases in 2011 compared to 11 cases by this time in 2010.

However, in the continuous onslaught against the scourge in the country, no fewer than 15 million children under the age of five have received the trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV) during the Maternal and Newborn Child Health Week (MNCHW) held last week.

According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) latest report on Nigeria, ?two cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) were reported last week, both in Kano State. The total number of cases for 2011 is now 44.

The most recent case had onset of paralysis on October 15, in Kumbotso district. The other case reported last week was in Gaya district - a district which had not previously reported a case of WPV this year.?

read more - The Guardian Nigeria

 

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Nigeria records new polio case in Jigawa

MONDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2011

NIGERIA has recorded a new case of Wild Polio Virus type 1 (WPV1) in Jigawa, bringing the total number of cases for 2011 to 45. According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Weekly Polio update, it is the most recent case in the country and had onset of paralysis on October 29.

To address the issue, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) plans rapid surveillance assessments before the end of the year in three southern states with suboptimal surveillance indicators. The agency also plans assessments for key high-risk areas in the North, including Kaduna, Taraba and Bauchi in January.

Read more - The Guardian Nigeria

 

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Jigawa records 46 polio cases
On December 22, 2011
By Tina Akannam
DUTSE?Jigawa State has recorded two new cases of wild poliomyelitis in Ringim and Gwiwa local government areas of the state, bringing the total cases of wild poliomyelitis in Nigeria this year to 46 as against 14 recorded last year.

Director-General, Jigawa State Gunduma Health Systems Board, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, made this known at a news briefing on Free Polio Torch launch scheduled to hold in Dutse, the state capital, tomorrow.

Abubakar said the two new cases were reported to the board, yesterday.

He said: ?Previously we had the following cases of poliomyelitis: two cases in Guri in the months of March and April; one in Roni, and two at Ringim in the months of September and October.?

?Other cases were also reported in Babura in October.?
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/jigawa-records-46-polio-cases/

 

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Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/news/...s-jigawa-reiterates-commitment-to-eradication

7 polio cases discovered as Jigawa reiterates commitment to eradication
Sunday, 25 December 2011

GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has reiterated the state government?s commitment to the polio eradication campaign as seven cases of polio virus was discovered in the state.

Alhaji Lamido disclosed this while speaking at the launch of the polio-free torch campaign held in the state capital, Dutse...

 

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Nigeria: More Cases of Polio Recorded in Kano
Halima Musa
27 December 2011

Kano ? Despite the efforts of Kano State, the Federal Government, and development partners to eradicate polio in Kano State, more cases are being recorded. Now there are 16 cases against the 14 that were earlier recorded.

This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Health Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf during the flag off of 9th Round of Immunization Plus Days and handing over of motorcycles for surveillance exercise by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Kano. Yusuf said the new case was recorded in Gaya Local Government Area of the state.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201112271018.html

 

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Source: http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/community-news/33373-jigawa-records-2-new-polio-cases

Jigawa records 2 new polio cases
Written by Adamu Amadu Wednesday, 28 December 2011

TWO new polio cases have been reported in Gwiwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, few days after this year?s last round of immunization exercise was concluded in the state.

This was disclosed by the state?s UNICEF Representative, Mrs Jane Nyanzi, while speaking with newsmen in preparation for polio-free torch campaign.

Mrs. Jane Nyazi explained the Gwiwa new cases had brought the total cases recorded so far in the state to 11 this year alone.

She said that Ringim, Babura, Guri, Roni, Birnikudu, Dutse and Gwiwa were the affected local government areas...

 

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201201061165.html

Nigeria: 22 States in Nigeria Are Polio Free - NPHCDA
Abu Nmodu
6 January 2012

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Ado Mohammed, has disclosed that 22 States in Nigeria have remained polio free for three years even as the country is among the four most endemic polio countries in the world.

Ado, who spoke in an interview in Minna, yesterday, said that as at the end of January 2011, the country has recorded as low as 51 cases of wild polio virus in only eight States.

According to him, the statistics represent 90 per cent of reduction in wild polio virus spread in the country as the country set 80 percent vaccine coverage in order to prevent further spread of the virus...

 

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New Polio Cases Discovered In Zamfara Fulani Settlements

Thu, 23/02/2012 - 10:36am | OUR CORRESPONDENT News Health



Two new wild polio cases have been discovered in two Fulani settlements in Bukkuyum and Bakura local government areas of Zamfara, bringing the number of new cases to five in the state.

Confirming the new cases in Gusau on Wednesday, the state Immunisation Officer, Mr Aliyu Idris, said that the new cases were discovered in the state in last quarter of last year.

According to him, and that the sufferers were taken for analysis and confirmation abroad ?and the results came back positive in January this year.?

He said that initially, there was only one confirmed case in 2011 in Talatan Mafara Local Government Area, which was due to the rejection of rejection of vaccines by the parent of the victim.

Aliyu added that two cases were reported in Badarawa village of Shinkafi Local Government Area.
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http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/1...es_discovered_zamfara_fulani_settlements.html

 

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201202230397.html

Nigeria: Zamfara Recorded Five Polio Cases Last Year - Official
By Lawan Danjuma Adamu, 23 February 2012

Gusau ? Immunization officials in Zamfara State have confirmed the outbreak of four new cases of wild polio virus within the last quarter of 2011, which brought the number of recorded cases in the state last year to five. The state's Immunization Officer, Aliyu Idris, told Daily Trust yesterday that the fresh cases were confirmed in January by results of tests conducted overseas.

Reports last year indicated only one case of the disease in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the state, and it was attributed to rejection of the polio vaccine.

Idris however said two of the fresh cases were reported in a village called Badarawa in Shinkafi Local Government Area, while one case each was recorded in Bakura and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas.

He attributed the fresh outbreaks to non-compliance or rejection of vaccine and non-coverage of some areas...

 

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Source: http://www.informationnigeria.org/2...s-fresh-polio-cases-as-india-beats-virus.html

Nigeria records fresh polio cases as India beats virus
Posted by Information Nigeria in Home ? Uncategorized on February 27, 2012

WITH the three remaining polio endemic countries ? Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan ? still grappling with the Wild Polio Virus (WPV), India was over the weekend officially taken off the list by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Weekly Polio Update, Nigeria last week reported two new cases of type 1 WPV (WPV1s).

According to the GPEI, India has not had a case since January 13, 2011, in West Bengal.

The report stated: ?One of the cases had onset of paralysis in 2012 (from Sokoto), bringing the total number of cases in 2012 to two. The other case had onset of paralysis in 2011 (from Zamfara), bringing to total number of cases in 2011 to 61. The most recent case had onset of paralysis on January 14 (WPV3 from Borno).

?Security concerns remain in northern states with new attacks in Kogi, Yobe, Borno, and Abuja. Eleven ?Stop Transmission of Polio? (STOP) personnel arrived and were deployed. Sixteen short-term consultancy personnel arrived and were deployed into high-risk areas...

 

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Source: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/02/29/polio-constitutional-debate-brews-in-nigeria/

Polio Constitutional Debate Brews in Nigeria
Posted Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at 3:20 pm

A constitutional debate is under way in Nigeria over whether the government can prosecute parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio, or if it has the power to force parents to have their children vaccinated against any communicable disease.

The debate comes on the heels of a resolution by the government of Nigeria's northern Kano state to prosecute any parent who refuses to have their children receive the oral vaccine against the highly contagious disease...

...The U.N. children's agency, UNICEF, has been pressuring Nigeria's northern states to promote vaccination against polio. But efforts to contain it have been complicated by rumors that the vaccine is harmful to children and by discover of 15 new polio cases in Kano state.

 

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FG Declares Emergency on Polio Eradication
Friday, 02 March 2012 10:11
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency in polio eradication saying each new case would be treated as emergency case that would require necessary attention, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate has said.

Dr Pate, Minister of State for Health said at the maiden meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication that the government is committed to end wild polio transmission in the country adding that, ?we are going to utilize all networks to see that all our children are immunized?.

The Minister said that the Task Force committee will work with Executive Governors, Local Government Chairmen, partners, Stakeholders, Traditional Rulers and Religious leader to ensure that polio transmission is stopped before 2015.

He said that all the stakeholders have responsibilities in interrupting polio case and each stakeholder would be held accountable for failure to perform his responsibility towards polio eradication, adding that if all Task Forces polio members work in collaboration with all stakeholders, Nigeria will achieve zero case by 2013.

Dr Pate who revealed that the committee has agreed to halt polio transmission by the end of the year 2012, against the proposed 2015 said, ?Mr. President will be very pleased if we succeed but Nigerians would be more please with us?.

The Minister said that the Presidential Task Force Targets include states with no polio cases report for the last six months to maintain polio free status throughout 2012.

He said that states with reported polio cases within the last six months to interrupt transmission by the end of 2nd quarter of 2012.

He also said that Local Governments with more than 1 polio case reported in the last 12 months to achieve 90 per cent coverage.

The state that does not have Task Force on polio would be created, the Minister said.

He said that vaccinator must ensure that every child receive polio vaccine, adding that each case of polio will be treated separately. He stressed that if there is any polio case it should be investigated and reported immediately.

The Minister said that india has been certified as polio free country because of full coverage during vaccination as well as good surveillance system on polio.

He added that during vaccination, supervisor should be in the State seven days before Immunization day to ensure full coverage of the exercise.

He urged all emirs, parent, and religious leaders to fully participate to ensure success of the exercise.
http://www.fmh.gov.ng/index.php/com...16-fg-declares-emergency-on-polio-eradication

 

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Nigeria: 2012 Polio Cases

Nigeria: 2012 Polio Cases

Source: http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/18568/2012/03/08/nigeria_records_four_polio_cases_10_weeks.html

Nigeria Records Four Polio Cases In 10 Weeks
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Thu, 08/03/2012 - 5:37pm | AGENCY REPORT

Dr Zikrullah Giwa, the Polio Technical Consultant to the Northern Governors? Forum (NGF), said Thursday that Nigeria recorded four cases of wild polio virus in the past 10 weeks.

Giwa who made this known at a meeting of the forum in Kaduna, said the cases were recorded in Kaduna, Sokoto, Borno and Zamfara states.

``In 2012, Nigeria has four cases of wild polio virus in four states compared to four cases in three states for the same period in 2011.??

According to him, the current National Epidemiology the country recorded 62 cases of the wild polio virus in 2011 in eight states.

Giwa stated that the total number of ``circulating vaccine derived polio virus?? (cVDPV2) was 35 in 10 states of the federation in 2011.

``In 2012, Nigeria has zero cVDPV2 compared to five cases in four states for the same period.''
The consultant identified weak political will, funding, monitoring and commitment as some of the obstacles against the polio eradication.
He told the governors that only 10 months were left for the country to achieve the global goal of stopping polio transmission...

 

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Source: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Polio-Still-a-Problem-in-Parts-of-Nigeria-142660566.html

March 14, 2012
Polio Still a Problem in Parts of Nigeria
Anne Look | Dakar

Resistance to polio vaccination remains in northern Nigeria, and the region is repeatedly blamed for cross-border polio outbreaks. Authorities in one state are threatening to prosecute parents who do not immunize their children, while health workers in Borno state are partnering with traditional chiefs as they try to control a recent outbreak. Outreach strategies have netted mixed results...

 

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Nigeria
Polio situation update March 2012

Nigeria is one of the most entrenched reservoirs of wild poliovirus in the world.
It is the only country with on-going transmission of all three serotypes:
wild poliovirus type 1, wild poliovirus type 3, and circulating vaccine-derived
poliovirus type 2. Nigeria remains the only polio-endemic country in Africa.
As of 2nd of March, already four (4) new cases of wild poliovirus have been
reported from Borno, Sokoto, Kaduna and Zamfara States.
With 62 WPV cases in 2011, Nigeria is experiencing a surge of polio. The
programme is addressing challenges in campaign quality and community
engagement whilst dealing with a deteriorating security situation. States
like Kaduna, Kano, Yobe and Sokoto have faced repeated threats or incidents
of violence during the first two months of 2012, and bombings and killings have become almost routine occurrences in Borno. The worsening security situation in these states risks further declines in campaign coverage

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http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_3708.pdf

 

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Polio this week - As of 04 April 2012

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Nigeria

Four new cases were reported in the past week (one type WPV3 case from Bauchi State, two type WPV3 cases from Borno State, and one type WPV1 case from Yobe State). All four of the cases had onset of paralysis in 2012, bringing the total number of cases in 2012 to 17. The most recent case was one of the new WPV3 cases from Borno State, with onset of paralysis on 7 March. The total number of cases for 2011 remains 62.
The recent increase inWPV3 is concerning in the context of globally low levels of WPV3.
The Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization (ERC) met in Abuja on 28-29 March 2012, to review the latest epidemiology and impact of the national polio emergency action plan. The group noted that polio eradication efforts in the country are now an emergency, in particular as case numbers in 2011 and 2012 continue to increase. More than 1/3rd of children in the high-risk states of Borno, Kano, Sokoto and Yobe remain under-immunized (<4 doses of oral polio vaccine ? OPV). In the last six months, 95% of all cases occurred in 8 high-risk states, and 80% of all cases in just 5 states: Borno, Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto and Zamfara. The bulk of all cases are from known high-risk Local Government Areas (LGAs).
The national polio emergency action plan, the implementation of which is overseen by the Presidential Task Force, clearly puts in place measures to immunize more children more consistently in the high-risk states, also in order to protect polio-free areas. Operating in an emergency ?modus operandi?, efforts will focus on the faster identification of problems during immunization campaigns, focusing resources to the highest-risk areas, and ensuring full accountability at all levels. New accountability mechanisms have been put in place, beginning with oversight from President Goodluck Jonathan. With the national Task Force mirrored at state-levels, clear accountability frameworks have been established for programme performance at the LGA-level.
To ensure consistency in approach, senior staff from the National Task Force will now formally consult with priority northern states and LGAs, to establish clear and common coordination mechanisms and assign roles and responsibilities.
Although key risks and challenges clearly remain, the ERC concluded that Nigeria has all the tools to rapidly improve the quality of operations to immunize more children and to eradicate polio. The challenge is to fully and consistently implement the national polio emergency action plan.
Supplementary immunization activities that started on 31 March have just ended.
An environmental surveillance mission was conducted during 26-31 March to expand the frequency of sample collection in Kano and identify new sites in Sokoto. This type of assertive environmental surveillance is necessary for finding all remaining reservoirs of polio virus.
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http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx