The Rotary International Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to health initiatives in Nigeria, with over $300 million already invested in polio eradication efforts. Mark Maloney, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board…
Dr Idowu Audu, the Deputy Incident Manager of National Polio Emergency Operations, on Saturday said Nigeria has been consuming 70 percent of the world’s polio vaccines without significant results. Audu,…
As the world marks this year’s 2024 ‘World Polio Day’ celebration, the Anambra State Governor’s wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, has urged nursing mothers to sustain the vaccination of their children…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns that approximately 2.3 million children in Nigeria are at risk of a polio outbreak due to a lack of routine immunization.…
Nigeria is grappling with a surge in the transmission of the circulating variant poliovirus type 2 (cVPV2), as revealed by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Dr. Muyi…
By Bolaji Ogundele President of Rotary International, Gordon R McInally, yesterday admonished Nigeria to be vigilant to ensure that polio does not find its way back into the country. McInally…
By Dele Anofi The Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof Ali Pate yesterday said Rotary International’s grant of $14,037,787 to Nigeria will assist the nation to eradicate all variants…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that, one out of every 200 polio-infected persons faces the scary possibility of being paralysed permanently. The serious effects of polio prompted a…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will begin a supplementary polio immunisation campaign from July 29 to Aug. 11, to sustain the poliovirus-free status in the FCT and…
By Sade Oguntola OYO State government in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO) and Rotary International, says its four-day Outbreak Response to vaccine-derived polio (ORP) campaign is to make sure…
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, October 24, 2022, that as many as 20 million children have been spared disability and are walking. WHO also said global efforts…
The Bauchi State Government says it has targeted 2,286,057 children for immunisation in the July round Oral Polio Campaign (OPC) across its 20 local government areas. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive…
New York health officials confirmed last Thursday that a case of polio was recently reported in Rockland County, the first time the highly infectious virus has been reported in the…
By Lara Adejoro No fewer than 27 new cases of Circulating Mutant Poliovirus Type 2 have been reported in Nigeria in 2022. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative disclosed this in…
The Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre Jos a non governmental organisation has gifted wheelchairs to 100 victims of polio and other Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, in Karu Local Government Area…
