Skip to main content
. 2023 Jul 13;45(Suppl 2):3. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2023.45.2.38033

Table 3.

novel oral polio vaccine type 2 use in response supplementary immunization activities for cVDPV2s outbreaks by month and state, Nigeria during March‒December 2021

Outbreak response month States No. of States/No. of LGAs No. of children reportedly vaccinated (million)
March 2021 Bayelsa, Delta, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara, FCT (1 area council, equivalent to a state LGA) 6/91 7.8
April 2021 Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara, and FCT (1 area council) 5/84 6.2
April 2021 Bayelsa and Delta 2/28 10.1
May 2021 Delta (5 LGAs) and Kebbi 2/26 2.0
June 2021 Abia, Akwa Ibom, Imo and Rivers 4/98 5.2
June 2021 Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Yobe 7/180 14.8
July 2021 Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Rivers, Kano, Katsina and Yobe 11/278 21.2
August 2021 Adamawa, Benue, FCT (5 area councils), Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara 8/133 11.7
September 2021 Oyo and Sokoto 2/56 3.3
September 2021 Benue, FCT (5 area councils), Kaduna, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ogun, Osun, Plateau (14 LGAs), Taraba 10/181 13.9
September 2021 Adamawa, Lagos, Plateau (3 LGAs) 3/44 6.5
October 2021 Cross River, Edo, Kogi 3/57 2.6
October 2021 Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu 3/51 3.4
October 2021 Sokoto 1/23 1.5
October 2021 Oyo 1/33 2.2
October 2021 Kebbi, Kwara, Ogun, Osun 4/87 5.4
October 2021 Kogi, Lagos 2/41 6.3
November 2021 Zamfara 1/14 4.9
November 2021 Edo 1/18 0.60
November 2021 Anambra 1/21 2.1
November 2021 Ebonyi, Enugu 2/30 4.6
December 2021 Bauchi (5 LGAs), Cross River, Gombe (3 LGAs), Katsina (6 LGAs) 4/32 2.1
December 2021 Jigawa (8 LGAs), Yobe (2 LGAs) 2/10 0.85
December 2021 Borno (10 LGAs), Kano (12 LGAs), Ondo 3/41 3.4
December 2021 Ekiti 1/16 0.5
December 2021 BayelsaOndo 1/8 0.48

Abbreviation - LGA: local government area; FCT: federal capital territory; cVDPV: circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus