*Corresponding author: Mailing address: National Polio Laboratory, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, P.O. Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Fax: +251-1-757722, E-mail: Berhane12@yahoo.com The polio eradication initiative in Ethiopia started in 1996. We examined the performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance in Ethiopia by region. The criteria of good AFP surveillance are the detection of at least one AFP case per 100,000 children under 15 years of age, timely collection of stool specimens from AFP patients, and timely transport of specimens on ice to a laboratory for diagnosis. Table 1 shows the total number of AFP cases reported by
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