This paper outlines the prospects and challenges of achieving polio eradication in Nigeria, one of the last remaining endemic countries.
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Informs pediatric public health priorities in Nigeria; leaves open rigorous evaluation of eradication strategies.
The Global polio eradication initiative was launched in 1988 by the international community. Since then, tremendous progress has been made (99%). However, the last 1% of the journey has experienced several setbacks and rate of progress has slowed down in the last few years. Nigeria is one of the remaining 3 endemic countries in the world that has never interrupted the transmission of the poliovirus compared to more than 125 countries in 1988.What are the prospects and challenges to polio eradication in Nigeria?This paper discusses these and other relevant issues regarding polioeradication in Nigeria.
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