variables: 417584

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417584 Polio surveillance status   This variable shows the status of polio surveillance in the country, according to the WHO recommendations. Screening is defined by the non-polio AFP rate. The non-polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) rate is the number of AFP cases attributed to non-polio causes per 100,000 children under the age of 15. Testing is defined by the percentage adequate stool collection. To test cases of paralytic polio (acute flaccid paralysis in a child under the age of 15 or person of any age suspected to have polio) for the presence of poliovirus, it is recommended by the WHO that two stool samples are taken, between 24–48 hours apart, within 14 days of the onset of paralysis, and tested in a WHO-accredited laboratory. The proportion of AFP cases that meet this criteria is called the % adequate stool collection. These are sourced from: World Health Organization extranet case count: https://extranet.who.int/polis/public/CaseCount.aspx The WHO recommends that the non-polio AFP rate should be at least 2 per 100,000 children in endemic countries. They also recommend that the percentage adequate stool collection should be at least 80%. See: WHO-recommended surveillance standard of poliomyelitis. (n.d.). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423203212/https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/burden/vpd/surveillance_type/active/poliomyelitis_standards/en/ Therefore, a country is considered to have adequate screening if it has a non-polio AFP rate of at least 2 per 100,000 children. A country is considered to have adequate testing if it has a percentage adequate stool collection of at least 80%. Countries are labelled 'low risk' if they were considered low risk by the risk assessment carried out for the 2022 GPEI surveillance action plan: https://polioeradication.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GPSAP-2022-2024-EN.pdf (page 12 and 53). This risk assessment is based on criteria such as polio prevalence, vaccination rates, country measures (governance, economy, healthcare), surveillance, expert input from GPEI. 2022-04-29 10:15:46 2023-06-15 05:05:42       5573 21964   
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