Table 1.
Location of the CORE Group Polio Project in Kenya and Somalia | Number of sub-counties/districts | Number of border health facilities | Number of crossing points | Number of border villages | Estimated population of children < 1 year of age | Estimated population of children < 5 years of age | Bordering countries |
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Turkana | 4 | 19 | 30 | 31 | 12,768 | 71,421 | Ethiopia, Uganda, and South Sudan |
Marsabit | 2 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 5,345 | 30,747 | Ethiopia |
Garissa | 3 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 8,823 | 47,168 | Somalia |
Wajir | 3 | 16 | 26 | 41 | 15,460 | 67,050 | Ethiopia and Somalia |
Mandera | 7 | 22 | 53 | 124 | 53,620 | 230,952 | Ethiopia and Somalia |
Lamu | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 310 | 1,101 | Somalia |
Lower Juba region | 2 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 10,254 | 41,211 | Kenya |
Gedo region | 4 | 14 | 14 | 67 | 13,488 | 67,386 | Ethiopia and Kenya |
Total | 26 | 110 | 161 | 372 | 120,068 | 557,036 |