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. 2023 Apr 6;41(Suppl 1):A35–A47. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.042

Table 3.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine Sabin-strain serotype 2 (mOPV2) Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) conducted in response to circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus serotype 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks, by emergence targeted or covered, dates conducted, and geographic areas, June 2017–April 2021.

cVDPV2 emergence targeted or covered mOPV2 SIA Start Date End Date Province (number of health zones) Provinces in bold are those where all health zones were included in the respective SIA
DRC-HLO-1/DRC-MAN-1
27 Jun 2017 29 Jun 2017 Haut Katanga (2), Haut Lomami (8), Lualaba (2), Maniema (8)
13 Jul 2017
20 Jul 2017
15 Jul 2017
22 Jul 2017
Haut Katanga (2), Haut Lomami (8), Lualaba (2), Maniema (8)
14 Sep 2017 16 Sep 2017 Haut Katanga (1), Haut Lomami (1), Maniema (1), mop-up
DRC-HLO-1
30 Nov 2017 2 Dec 2017 Haut Katanga (2), Haut Lomami (13), Lualaba (2), Tanganyika (3)

16 Dec 2017 18 Dec 2017 Haut Katanga (2), Haut Lomami (13), Lualaba (2), Tanganyika (3)
26 Apr 2018 28 Apr 2018 Haut Katanga (4), Haut Lomami (16), Lomami (3), Tanganyika (11)
4 May 2018 6 May 2018 Haut Katanga (9), Lualaba (5)
26 Jun 2018 28 Jun 2018 Haut Katanga (27), Haut Lomami (16), Lomami (3), Lualaba (14), Tanganyika (11)

DRC-MON-1 7 Jul 2018 12 Jul 2018 Bas Uele (2), Mongala (6), Nord Ubangi (2), Tshopo (3)

DRC-HLO-1 30 Jul 2018 1 Aug 2018 Ituri (8)

DRC-MON-1 30 Aug 2018 1 Sep 2018 Bas Uele (11), Haut Uele (13), Ituri (35), Mongala (12), Nord Kivu (27), Nord Ubangi (11), Sud Kivu (34), Sud Ubangi (16), Tshopo (23)

13 Sep 2018 15 Sep 2018 Bas Uele (11), Haut Uele (13), Ituri (35), Mongala (12), Nord Kivu (26), Nord Ubangi (11), Sud Kivu (34), Sud Ubangi (16), Tshopo (23)

DRC-HLO-1
27 Sep 2018 29 Sep 2018 Haut Katanga (27), Haut Lomami (16), Kasai Oriental (19), Lomami (16), Lualaba (14), Maniema (18), Tanganyika (11)
11 Oct 2018 13 Oct 2018 Haut Katanga (27), Haut Lomami (16), Kasai Oriental (19), Lomami (16), Lualaba (14), Maniema (18), Tanganyika (11)

DRC-MON-1 10 Dec 2018 12 Dec 2018 Bas Uele (2), Mongala (8), Nord Ubangi (2), Tshopo (3)

DRC-HKA-1 31 Jan 2019 2 Feb 2019 Haut Katanga (5), Haut Lomami (2), Lualaba (2)

DRC-KAS-1/DRC-KAS-2/DRC-KAS-3
9 May 2019 11 May 2019 Kasai (7)
21 Jun 2019 23 Jun 2019 Kasai (11), Kasai Central (6)
12 Jul 2019 14 Jul 2019 Kasai (11), Kasai Central (6)

DRC-SAN-1
19 Jul 2019 21 Jul 2019 Maniema (1), Sankuru (10)
22 Aug 2019 24 Aug 2019 Maniema (1), Sankuru (10)

DRC-HLO-2 22 Aug 2019 24 Aug 2019 Haut Lomami (5)

DRC-TPA-1 26 Sep 2019 28 Sep 2019 Mongala (2), Tshopo (1), Tshuapa (4)

DRC-HLO-2 26 Sep 2019 28 Sep 2019 Haut Katanga (5), Haut Lomami (7), Tanganyika (3)

DRC-TPA-1 24 Oct 2019 26 Oct 2019 Mongala (2), Tshopo (1), Tshuapa (4)

DRC-HLO-2 17 Oct 2019 19 Oct 2019 Haut Katanga (5), Haut Lomami (7), Tanganyika (3)

DRC-SAN-1
14 Nov 2019 16 Nov 2019 Kasai (3), Kasai Central (1), Sankuru (8), Tshuapa (1)
28 Nov 2019 30 Nov 2019 Kasai (3), Kasai Central (1), Sankuru (8), Tshuapa (1)

ANG-LUA-1 (response to ANG-LUA-1 circulation, Zambia) 12 Dec 2019 14 Dec 2019 Haut Katanga (3), Tanganyika (1)

DRC-KAS-3/ANG-LUA-1/ANG-LNO-2
6 Feb 2020 8 Feb 2020 Kasai (4), Kasai Central (19), Kongo Central (31), Kwango (14), Kwilu (24)
20 Feb 2020 22 Feb 2020 Kasai (4), Kasai Central (19), Kongo Central (31), Kwango (14), Kwilu (24)

DRC-KAS-3/CAR-BNG-1
15 Oct 2020 17 Oct 2020 Kinshasa (35), Maindombe (14), Tshopo (23)
29 Oct 2020 31 Oct 2020 Kinshasa (35), Maindombe (14), Tshopo (23)

DRC-KAS-3/DRC-EQT-1/DRC-TPA-2
10 Dec 2020 12 Dec 2020 Equateur (18), Tshuapa (12)
24 Dec 2020
28 Dec 2020
26 Dec 2020
30 Dec 2020
Equateur (18), Tshuapa (12)

DRC-KAS-3 28 Jan 2021 30 Jan 2021 Kinshasa (5), mop-up
25 Mar 2021 27 Mar 2021 Mongala (12), Nord Ubangi (11), Sud Ubangi (16)
8 Apr 2021 10 Apr 2021 Mongala (12), Nord Ubangi (11), Sud Ubangi (16)