Evaluation of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system, Sokoto State, Nigeria: 2012 - 2016
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Muhammad Shakir Balogun; Bola Biliaminu Lawal; Ismail Abdullateef Raji
- Source
- Pan African Medical Journal Conference Proceedings. 2
- Subject
- Acute flaccid paralysis
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Environmental health
Polio virus
Medicine
Northern nigeria
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2521-8859
Introduction : Nigeria is one of the three countries where transmission of wild polio virus (WPV) still occurs. Transmission occurs only in the northern part of the country. We evaluated the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Surveillance system to assess the attributes of the system in Sokoto State, Northern Nigeria.