Nigeria's Polio Elimination Playbook: Lessons To Strengthening Health Systems For Other Eradicable Diseases

• Main Authors: Fortune Effiong (Author), Ikechukwu Peter Akanno (Author), Udochukwu Godswill Anosike (Author), Ayomide Timilehin Kayode (Author), Atai Bassay Okon (Author), Godsgift Chinemelum Iwendi (Author), Gabriel Ilerioluwa Oke (Author), Maureen Amuche Nwobodo (Author), Leonard Ighodalo Uzairue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of New South Wales, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. In August 2020, Nigeria was declared free of the wild poliovirus by the WHO and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund...