Targeting the last polio sanctuaries with Directly Observed Oral Polio Vaccination (DOPV) in northern Nigeria, (2014–2016)

Table 5 Contribution of DOPV to the total number of children vaccinated <5Yrs in 4 LGAs, Borno State, from January to July 2016

LGA	January	February	May	June			July
LGA	No. of children Vaccinated	No. of children Vaccinated	No. of children Vaccinated	No. Vaccinated through DOPV	Total No. Vaccinated	% of Children Vaccinated through DOPV	No. Vaccinated through DOPV	Total No. Vaccinated	% .of children Vaccinated through DOPV
MMC	387,746	391,637	400,915	416,501	420,481	99.1	419,493	490,612	85.5
Jere	220,328	228,583	234,142	184,456	269,129	68.5	208,740	269,129	77.6
Mafa	32,409	33,265	34,555	26,584	36,332	73.2	31,433	40,656	77.3
Konduga^a	39,846	41,575	73,305	0	75,531	0.0	35,788	82,999	43.1
Total	680,329	695,060	742,917	627,541	801,473	78.3	695,454	883,396	78.7

DOPV was implemented in 4 LGAs, June and July 2016 SIAs
^aNote that only one ward out of 7 implemented DOPV in Konduga LGA in July 2016, due to insecurity

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