World Health Organization (WHO) has disclosed that 51 new cases of Circulating Variant Polio Virus (cVPV2) were detected in Nigeria between January and August 13 this year.
Though the disease has been detected in 15 local government areas across the country, 47 of the cases were recorded in states in the North-West zone that are encountering security challenges, a situation that has now become a great concern for every stakeholder in the health sector.
WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Mulombo made this disclosure during a strategic meeting in Kaduna State. The meeting was organized by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with the Sultan Foundation for traditional leaders of inaccessible communities in the North-West zone.
Mulombo said majority of the outbreaks were from states encountering security challenges in the region and this has caused setbacks to Nigeria’s attainment of universal health coverage.
The prolonged security challenges in the North-West zone, triggered by bandits and kidnappers, have led to the breakdown of a health system already facing years of neglect and underfunding, affecting the effective delivery of health services, including routine immunization for children.
Also, Mulombo lamented how insecurity has affected access to health services in the North-West zone, thereby leading to a high rate of maternal and infant mortality in the area.
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