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Nigeria - polio outbreaks - 2010

Gert van der Hoek

Gert van der Hoek

In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Nigeria: Fresh Polio Fear Hits Kano, Sokoto, Katsina

30 October 2010

Kano ? As Nigeria and the international community continue to celebrate the success recorded in the fight against the dreaded poliomyelitis scourge, there are fears of a possible resurgence of cases in three states in northwestern Nigeria.

One case each of the Wild Polio Virus (WPV3) has been suspected to have occurred in Kano , Sokoto and Katsina States.

Our correspondent gathered exclusively that as at yesterday, health officials in the federal and state governments were making frantic efforts to investigate the case suspected to have occured in Dambatta, Dambatta local government area of Kano State.

Similarly, cases are also being investigated in Wurno in Sokoto State, as well as an undisclosed area in Katsina State.

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Re: Nigeria - polio outbreaks - 2010

New polio virus case confirmed in Borno

MONDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2010

NIGERIA has confirmed a new case of poliovirus in Borno State, which has paralysed a four-year old boy in Bolori II Ward of Maiduguri Local Council.
According to Nigeria Polio Alert published yesterday by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), this is the fourth Type 1 wild poliovirus case recorded in Borno this year and the 11th case of the virus recorded in the country in 2010. Experts now consider Borno State a poliovirus reservoir.

Meanwhile, NPHCDA is leading a nationwide oral polio vaccination campaign that began at the weekend in which all children under five years should be vaccinated to protect them from the Wild Polio Virus (WPV)

Executive Director, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, told The Guardian yesterday that the campaign in southern states would be from Saturday November 20 to Tuesday November 23; and November 27 to November 30 in the northern states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Pate said the incidence of polio has reduced by 98 per cent since 2009, but as demonstrated by this recent case in Borno, the virus still threatens Nigerian children.

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