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. 2019 Oct;101(4 Suppl):100–106. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0040

Table 1.

Mapping border crossing points, border villages, and population sizes

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
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