Objectives: To evaluate oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) coverage of the November 2009 round in five Northern Nigeria states with ongoing wild poliovirus transmission using clustered lot quality assurance sampling (CLQAS).
Methods: We selected four local government areas in each pre-selected state and sampled six clusters of 10 children in each Local Government Area, defined as the lot area. We used three decision thresholds to classify OPV coverage: 75-90%, 55-70% and 35-50%.
In Afghanistan health services have been disrupted by 23 years of conflict and 1 of 4 children die before age 5 years. Measles accounts for an estimated 35,000 deaths annually. Surveillance data show a high proportion of measles cases (38%) among those >/=5 years old.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to describe fieldwork to erradicate poliomyelitis from Afghanistan and particularly from the Mazar Region. From 1997-1999, 365 cases of acute flaccid paralysis were detected. Of these, 216 cases (59.
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