Abba, Bashir
Abdullahi, Sule
Bawa, Samuel
Getso, Kabir Ibrahim
Bello, Imam Wada
Korir, Charles
Musa, Audu
Braka, Fiona
Ningi, Adamu
Nsubuga, Peter
Banda, Richard
Tegegne, Sisay G.
Shuaib, Faisal
Adamu, Usman Said
Haladu, Sulaiman
Article History
First Online: 13 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Not Applicable.The data analyzed for this study was collected as part of the Synchronized tOPV/bOPV switch implementation by the Kano state ministry of health. Selected facilities were visited by the validators to collect the relevant information pertaining to the switch, including interviews with health workers. The Kano State Ministry of Health Ethics Committee on Research considered that the study does not involve human or animal samples, invasive or any other manipulative procedures.
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