PAMJ supplements

Global Partnership towards Polio Eradication Efforts

This special issue of the Pan African Medical Journal documents the experiences and lessons learned from the Nigeria polio program. The papers, written by those who were at the forefront of the fight against polio in Nigeria, cover key topics from surveillance, epidemiology of polio in Nigeria, studies to boost planning and implementation of innovative strategies for outbreak response, seroprevalence study to understand the immunity gaps after the switch, deployment of the nOPV2 vaccine, and adoption of technology, and innovative strategies to mitigate the impact of COVID on polio. Embedded within the narrative of these articles are nuggets that will enhance public health programs within and outside the African Region and will be of great value to the global fight to eradicate all types of polioviruses and make polio history.

Guest editors:

  • Omotayo Bolu, CDC Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Asekun Adeyelu, CDC Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Faisal Shuaib, Nigeria National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Expanded Program on Immunization
  • Usman Adamu, Polio Emergency Operations Center, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria

Contact: Asekun Adeyelu, CDC Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria (fpg8@cdc.gov)

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Table of contents


Experiences and lessons learned from the Nigeria polio program (Editorial)

Faisal Shuaib, Omotayo Bolu, Usman Adamu, Adeyelu Asekun

Pan African Medical Journal. 13 July 2023. 45(2): 1

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Seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in Nigeria: refining strategies to sustain the eradication effort (Research)

Omotayo Bolu, Usman Adamu, Richard Franka, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Qian An, Stacie Greby, Sharla McDonald, Bernardo Mainou, Nwando Mba, Ndidi Agala, Wiedad Roodly Archer, Fiona Braka, Sume Gerald Etapelong, Tegegne Sisay Gashu, Anisur Rahman Siddique, Adeyelu Asekun, McPaul Okoye, Nnaemeka Iriemenam, Eric Wiesen, Mahesh Swaminathan, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 13 July 2023. 45(2): 2

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Deployment of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 under emergency use listing in Nigeria: the rollout experience (Report )

Adeyelu Asekun, Loveday Nkwogu, Samuel Bawa, Samuel Usman, Aboyowa Edukugho, James Ocheh, Richard Banda, Gatei wa Nganda, Peter Nsubuga, Roodly Archer, Tonia Nebechukwu, Aminu Mohammed, Faisal Shuaib, Omotayo Bolu, Usman Adamu

Pan African Medical Journal. 13 July 2023. 45(2): 3

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Descriptive epidemiology of poliomyelitis cases due to wild poliovirus type 1 and wild poliovirus type 3 in Nigeria, 2000-2020 (Research)

Philip Bammeke, Usman Said Adamu, Omotayo Bolu, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Tesfaye Erberto, Aron Aregay, Peter Nsubuga, Eric Wiesen, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 14 July 2023. 45(2): 4

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Assessment of open data kit mobile technology adoption to enhance reporting of supportive supervision conducted for oral poliovirus vaccine supplementary immunization activities in Nigeria, March 2017-February 2020 (Research)

Philip Bammeke, Tesfaye Erbeto, Aron Aregay, Zabihullah Kamran, Usman Said Adamu, Eunice Damisa, Nnamdi Usifoh, Peter Nsubuga, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Omotayo Bolu, Edward Dagoe, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 14 July 2023. 45(2): 5

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Implementing a robust adverse event of special interest surveillance for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 rollout, Nigeria, March-July 2021 (Research)

Samuel Luka Abbott, Sume Gerald Etapelong, Saheed Gidado, Kabir Yusuf Mawashi, Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho, Abdullahi Walla Hamisu, Abba Shehu, Elizabeth Adedire, Isiaka Ayodeji Hassan, Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri, Omotayo Bolu, Usman Saidu Adamu

Pan African Medical Journal. 14 July 2023. 45(2): 6

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Historical reconstruction of inaccessibility status in Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno and Yobe States, Nigeria, 2010-2020 (Research)

Joseph Che Forbi, Melton Sundu Musa, Musa Salawu, Jibrin Manu Idris, Ahmed Ibrahim Ba’aba, Jeff Higgins, Audu Idowu Musa, Bamusa Bashir, Aliyu Shettima, Nnamdi Njeakor, Iheanyichukwu Uzoma, Hyeni Mshelia, waNganda Gatei, Kabiru Ibrahim Mohammed, Idriss Mohammed Bomoi, Umar Chiroma, Stephanie Diane Kovacs, Oladayo Biya, Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri, Muyi Aina, Usman Saidu Adamu, Faisal Shuaib, Omotayo Bolu, Richard Franka, Eric Wiesen

Pan African Medical Journal. 14 July 2023. 45(2): 7

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The role of polio emergency operations centers: perspectives for future disease control initiatives in Nigeria (Report)

Fiona Braka, Usman Adamu, Anis Siddique, Omotayo Bolu, Eunice Damisa, Richard Banda, Sume Gerald, Charles Korir, Samuel Usman, Aminu Mohammed, Shina Aladeshawe, Sisay Tegegne, Terna Nomhwange, Endie Waziri, Patrick Nguku, Tesfaye Erbeto, Peter Nsubuga, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 08 August 2023. 45(2): 8

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Experience and findings from surveillance peer review in Nigeria, August 2017-May 2019 (Research)

Abdullahi Walla Hamisu, Sume Gerald Etapelong, Isiaka Ayodeji, Banda Richard, Braka Fiona, Saheed Gidado, Samuel Luka Abbott, Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho, Omotayo Bolu, Asekun Adeyelu, Kabir Yusuf Mawashi, Usman Said Adamu, Peter Nsubuga, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 24 August 2023. 45(2): 9

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Innovative strategies developed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on polio surveillance in Nigeria, 2020 (Program assessment)

Aboyowa Arayuwa Edukugho, Sume Gerald Etapelong, Saheed Gidado, Samuel Luka Abbott, Hamisu Walla Abdullahi, Isiaka Ayodeji Hassan, Kabir Yusuf Mawashi, Tesfaye Bedada Erbeto, Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri, Patrick Nguku, Bolu Omotayo, Usman Said Adamu

Pan African Medical Journal. 07 September 2023. 45(2): 10

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Providing information for decision-making in the Nigerian Polio Eradication Program, 2016-2020 (Report)

Tesfaye Erbeto, Philip Bammeke, Aron Aregay, Zabihullah Kamran, Ahmed Ibrahim, Nnamdi Usifoh, Usman Adamu, Bolu Omotayo, Fiona Braka, Eunice Damisa, Walter Kazadi, Faisal Shuaib

Pan African Medical Journal. 07 September 2023. 45(2): 11

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