Evaluation of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance indicators in Sokoto state, Nigeria, 2012–2019: a secondary data analysis

Autor: Ismail Abdullateef Raji, Auwal Usman Abubakar, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Saheed Gidado, Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba, Bola Biliaminu Lawal, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Muhammad Balogun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11238-1
Popis: Abstract Background Nigeria, the last endemic country in the WHO African Region, was certified free of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in 2020. However, due to low immunity in some communities in Sokoto, outbreaks of the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) occur. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance indicators in Sokoto state, Nigeria. Methods This retrospective study was an analysis of routinely collected AFP surveillance data between 2012 and 2019 by the Sokoto state surveillance network. We assessed the Sokoto state AFP surveillance system using the AFP surveillance performance indicators. We performed all analyses using Microsoft Excel 2019. Results Cumulatively, 3001 Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases were reported over the evaluation period, out of which 1692 (56.4%) were males, and 2478 (82.4%) were below five years. More than half, 1773 (59.1%), had a fever at the beginning of the disease, and 1911 (63.7%) had asymmetric paralysis. The non-polio AFP rate (9.1 to 23.5% per 100,000 children
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