dc.contributor.author | Regional Committee for Africa, 54 | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Brazzaville | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-04T10:21:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-04T10:21:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
dc.identifier.govdoc | AFR/RC54/INF/DOC.5 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/93124 | |
dc.description | Regional Committee for Africa Fifty-fourth SessionBrazzaville, Republic of Congo, 30 August–3 September 2004: Provisional agenda item 12.1 | en |
dc.description.abstract | 1. In 1988, when the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to eradicate polio, all countriesin the African Region were polio-endemic. By the end of 2002, only two countries in the Regionwere polio-endemic. Since 2003, there has been a major increase in wild poliovirus transmissionin the remaining endemic countries, with spill over into nine previously polio-free countries.2. This resurgence in wild poliovirus transmission is attributed to a failure to vaccinate at least90% of all susceptible children in the most endemic areas in Niger and Nigeria. Persistent gaps inthe quality of supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) in these areas as well as the suspensionof all immunization activities in Kano State, which is the epicentre of this transmission, havecontributed to the current massive increase in wild poliovirus transmission in these areas.3. To address the observed resurgence of wild poliovirus transmission in the African Region,efforts have been made to improve the quality of vaccination campaigns in Nigeria, whileadvocacy to ensure that Kano State resumes vaccination is being intensified. Several rounds ofvery high quality mop up vaccination campaigns have been conducted in the countries thatexperienced importations in 2003 and 2004. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Poliovirus | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Poliovirus Vaccines | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Eradication | en |
dc.subject.mesh | World Health Organization | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Regional Health Planning | en |
dc.title | Addressing the resurgence of wild poliovirus transmission in the African region: information document | en |
dc.type | Governing body documents | en |