{"id":162440,"date":"2022-03-16T06:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=162440"},"modified":"2022-03-16T06:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:38:24","slug":"nphcda-nigeria-recorded-1060-cases-of-vaccine-derived-poliovirus-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/16\/nphcda-nigeria-recorded-1060-cases-of-vaccine-derived-poliovirus-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NPHCDA: Nigeria recorded 1,060 cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) disclosed that Nigeria has recorded 1600 cases of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type two (cVPV2) in two years.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Monday by\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Faisal Shuaib, executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/21\/nphcda-unvaccinated-people-have-greater-likelihood-of-dying-from-covid-19\/\">NPHCDA<\/a> during the 38th expert review committee meeting on polio and routine immunisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In communities with low immunisation rates, since the virus is spread from one unvaccinated child to another over a long period of time, it can mutate and take on a form that can cause paralysis just like the wild poliovirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This mutated poliovirus can then spread in communities, leading to circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shuaib said the polio variant has been \u201cof immense concern\u201d, and that it has been reported in 29 states and the federal capital territory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/fct-minister-sacks-bodinga-names-abdulateef-bello-as-vio-director\/\">(FCT)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said following the reports of an outbreak of the<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> wild poliovirus in Malawi about two years after Africa was declared polio free, the<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0federal government is doing everything possible to stop the spread of the vaccine-derived poliovirus in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe 37th ERC had offered us guidance on how to contain cVPV2 spread, which has unfortunately now spread more to affect 29 states of the federation and FCT, including states in the southern zones of the country,\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/nigeria-reports-1060-polio-cases-variant-hits-29-states-fct\/\">Punch quoted him as saying.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOne of this guidance was the use of novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) which has been shown to be effective in halting the spread of cVPV2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo far, all the 36 states and the FCT have completed at least two rounds of nOPV2; 18 states have completed at least four rounds of nOPV2 outbreak response; three states have completed three rounds, while an additional 16 states have completed at least two rounds of nOPV2 outbreak response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur surveillance system has remained robust despite the global COVID-19 pandemic that had a negative impact on the health system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn 2020, our surveillance had picked and detected 22 cases of CDVPV2; in 2021, 1,027 cases; and in 2022, 11 cases have already been detected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAlthough the figures may look scary, it is a demonstration that our surveillance system is effective, reliable and also means that if there is a wild poliovirus in circulation, it would have been detected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) disclosed that Nigeria has recorded 1600 cases of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type two (cVPV2) in two years. 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