TABLE 4.

Location of CORE Group Polio Project Work and Population Reached (Annual Reports and 2017 Final Evaluations)

CountryLocationPopulation Reached
Angola5 provinces (Benguela, Bie, Cuanza Sul, Luanda, Malange)>9 million children under 15
Ethiopia85 districts in 5 regions (Benshangul-Gumuz; Gambella; Oromiya; Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples; Somali) 185 border crossing pointsa>6 million people of which 1,806,950 are children under age 5a
India58 blocks in 12 high-risk districts of Uttar Pradesh, 2 districts in Assam, and 1 district in Haryana600,000 households reaching population of 3 milliona
Kenya/SomaliaKenya: 7 counties (Lamu, Garissa, Mandera, Marsabit, Turkana, Wajir, and parts of Nairobi)
Somalia: 3 border regions (Lower Juba, Gedo, and Bakool)
Kenya: 466,250 children under age 5
Somalia: 109,000 children under age 5
Nigeria32 local government areas in 5 northern states (Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Yobe)
6 internally displaced persons camps
Approximately 500,000 children under age 5a
  • a Data from secretariat directors.