Publications by authors named "Ekundare Famiyesin"
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- * The public health response included interviews with caregivers, active searches for additional cases, and mass immunization efforts in the affected area, which began in October 2015.
- * Despite the case having adequate vaccination history, the child's living conditions were poor, and previous oral polio vaccine coverage in the region had declined from 103% in 2014 to 67% in 2015, highlighting the need for better environmental hygiene and increased vaccination efforts.
Background: The current West African outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) began in Guinea in December 2013 and rapidly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. On 20 July 2014, a sick individual flew into Lagos, Nigeria, from Monrovia, Liberia, setting off an outbreak in Lagos and later in Port Harcourt city. The government of Nigeria, supported by the World Health Organization and other partners, mounted a response to the outbreak relying on the polio program experiences and infrastructure.
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