Table 2.

Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance performance indicators for Jordan, 2012-2016.

Indicators of surveillance performance	Target	Country performance by year
		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Percentage of all expected monthly reports received	≥90	100	100	100	100	100
Annualized nonpolio AFPa rate per 100,000 children under 15 years of age	≥2	1.4	1.4	2.3	3.2	4.3
Percentage of AFP cases investigated within 48 hours	≥80	100	100	98	98	95
Percentage of AFP cases with two adequate stool specimens collected 24-48 hours apart and ≤14 days after onset	≥80	85	91	97	97	100
Percentage of specimens arriving at the laboratory in good condition	≥80	100	100	100	100	100
Percentage of specimens arriving at a WHO-accredited laboratory within 3 days of being sent	≥80	100	97.1	95.2	94.4	98.6
Percentage of specimens for which laboratory results were sent within 28 days of receipt of specimens	≥80	97	100	100	100	96
Nonpolio enterovirus isolation rate of stool specimens submitted to the laboratory having nonpolio enterovirus isolated (%)	≥10	3	6	6	6	10
Percentage of AFP cases requiring a follow-up examination that were examined at 60 days after the onset of paralysis	≥80	94	94	97	90	95