WHO partner in Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, with support from World Health Organization (WHO) through Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, agreed to conduct routine immunization intensification with both the fractional inactivated poliovirus vaccine (a smaller dose of the vaccine) and novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), targeting 13 high-risk and security-compromised states. According to preliminary data from nine states, a total 4779 260 children have received the fractional inactivated poliovirus vaccine and more than 27 million the nOPV2 vaccine, while over 111 000 zero-dose children have been reached. In addition, more than 930000 children in insecure settlements were among those vaccinated.