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Nigeria Records 17 cVPV2 Cases Across Eight States, NPHCDA Intensifies Polio Response

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By Adama Abubakar

A total of 17 circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), cases have been recorded across 15 LGAs in eight states, this year, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said.

The executive director of the agency, Dr Muyi Aina, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during the agency’s first quarter media briefing.

He said while Nigeria was declared Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free in 2020, it has, however, since 2021, been contending with the challenge of the cVPV2 – another form of the virus that has mutated over time and started spreading.

He said 12 of the 17 cases are Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases while five were found in Environmental Sites (ES).

He also said NPHCDA has therefore embarked on strategic shift in critical components of the polio campaign, including vaccination team selection, demand generation, supervision and accountability.

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Dr Aina highlighted that there is an increased utilisation of primary health care centres in the country with over 20 million patient encounters across the Primary Health Care (PHC) centres per quarter.

The NPHCDA boss said the agency commenced the training of frontline health workers in June 2024, and in less than a year, has retrained 60,470 frontline health workers across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) out of the 120,000 targeted for training by the current administration.

He added that a total of N22 billion of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) was disbursed to states in 2024 through NPHCDA gateway, while N51 billion was disbursed across all four BHCPF gateways.

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  1. AnonymousApril 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM

    Keep it up girl👍

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  2. AnonymousApril 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM

    Very nice

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  3. AnonymousApril 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM

    Nice

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  4. AnonymousApril 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM

    Nice story

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  5. Hauwa eveApril 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM

    Highly informative, keep up the good work

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  6. Halima MuhammedApril 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM

    The NPHCDA effort towards achieving the best healthcare service should be commended, as More staffs would help reduce the spread of disease in the community and funding is also essential.

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  7. Fatima DanjumaApril 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM

    Polio is back😪
    May Allah make it easier for us

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  8. MeeshmaApril 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM

    Thanks for the awareness dear

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