In 1988, the World Health
Assembly committed WHO to eradicating poliomyelitis; and since then,
significant progress has been made as the incidence of poliomyelitis hasdeclined by more than 99%.
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The main strategies which
brought about this success included improved routine immunization, supplemental
mass immunization, adequate outbreak response capacity and effective
surveillance.Nigeria has recorded tremendous progress in polio eradication. The
last cases of WPV and cVDPV from AFP cases had onset of paralysis in July 2014
and May 2015 respectively; and the country was removed from the list of polio
endemic countries in September 2015.
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