Abuja, Nigeria 23 January 2015 - The 29th Expert Review Committee (ERC) is convinced that Nigeria can get out of WHO’s list of endemic countries with active wild polio virus (WPV) transmission if no WPV is detected for a period of 12 months with adequate surveillance, since the last case was reported on 24th July, 2014.
Dr. Hamid Jafari, the Director of Polio in WHO, who presented the committee’s preliminary feedback at the end of the 2-day periodic meeting held in Abuja from 21-22 January, 2015 , stated that “Progress in Nigeria has opened the door for a polio free Africa”.