Table 1.

National Stop Transmission of Polio (N-STOP) Program Human Resource Capacity Development in States at High Risk for Polio, July 2012–July 2013

Type of Training	Individuals Trained, No.	States, No.	Trainee Categories
N-STOP short course: overview of GPEI (SIAs, surveillance)	125	14	NFELTP graduates and residents, FMoH and FMARD project officers, state GPEI officers and university faculty
Local capacity development	17	9	Veterinary officers, agricultural extension workers, public health officers
Field-based training (as enumerators)	1976	18	Agricultural extension and animal health officers, teachers, health workers
Strengthening RI	500	11	Veterinarians, public health officers, nurses, and other degree holders

Abbreviations: FMARD, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; FMoH, Federal Ministry of Health; NFELTP, Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program; GPEI, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Polio Eradication Initiative; RI, routine immunization; SIA, supplemental immunization activity.