Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance system Evaluation, Oyo state, Nigeria; 2008-2014

In September, 2015, Nigeria was delisted from the list of polio endemic countries globally. To be certified polio free, the country must attain and maintain certification standard Acute Flaccid Paralysis(AFP) surveillance for additional two-years. In Oyo State, no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) has been reported since February, 2009.

Objective

We evaluated the AFP surveillance system in Oyo State to assessits attributes and determine if it was meeting its set objectives.