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Table 1 Distribution of the number of biomedical facilities surveyed and identified laboratories by geopolitical zones June–November 2015

From: Towards an effective poliovirus laboratory containment strategy in Nigeria

Geo-political zone

No of Facilities on initial official list

No of Facilities on initial official list found closed down

No of Facilities that were not on official list but surveyed

Total No of Facilities in the final list surveyed

No of Facilities with labs

No of Facilities without labs

Total number of labs surveyed

North Central

2452

1269

2852

4115

2512

1603

2512

North East

902

156

192

850

508

342

508

North West

1578

32

2126

3928

1044

2884

1044

South East

3223

1194

2085

3375

2327

1048

2327

South West

5610

2960

3159

4652

1777

2875

1777

South South

2957

1729

2492

3718

1407

2311

1407

Total

16,722

7340

12,906

20,638

9575

11,063

9575