The commission had on Thursday validated the four countries’ documentation that indicate their wild polio-free status.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said that the achievement by Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria and South Sudan is a major step towards the eradication of wild poliovirus in the African Region.
However, the African Region became eligible to be certified free of wild poliovirus, in August 2019, after Nigeria, recorded no new cases of wild poliovirus for three consecutive years.According to the UN agency, the commission had already accepted the documentation of the other 43 countries in the region.
“Amazing moment in history to have had our polio-eradication documentation accepted by ; the Nigeria team led by NPHCDA and partners demonstrated evidence of our polio-free status.“I look back at the incredible leadership that has brought us here. “Yesterday, Nigeria’s documentation for wild polio virus free status was accepted by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for polio eradication ,” she said.
This is why WHO and other international partners have intensified efforts across every country to rapidly boost immunity levels in children and protect them from polio paralysis.Although Nigeria has successfully interrupted the wild poliovirus, a new cause for concern, is a new form of polio known as Circulating Vaccine- derived poliovirus circulating in some countries in Africa.
Ms Moeti said efforts are underway to urgently address the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks, also within the context of polio eradication being a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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