From Fred Ezeh The Federal Government has raised the alarm that the deadly Wild Polio Virus might resurface in Nigeria, and that might be more disastrous and catastrophic for the…
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole Following the reports of an outbreak of the wild poliovirus outbreak in Malawi, the Federal Government has said it is doing everything possible to curtail the spread of…
From Fred Ezeh Federal Government has taken precautionary steps to safeguard Nigeria against importation of the Wild Polio Virus (WPV) following the recent outbreak of WPV in Malawi. The precautionary…
In Africa, the landlocked country of Malawi has reported the first wild polio outbreak on the continent in several years. The wild type 1 poliovirus was discovered in a child…
As part of it response to eradicate polio in the State, the Gombe State Government has put plans in place to immunize some 817,300 children under the age of five.…
No fewer than 1,212,118 children in Adamawa were immunised during the Round One Outbreak Response exercise in 2021. Mr Crowther Seth, the Deputy Governor of the state, made the statistics…
The Bauchi State Government says it has targeted 2.286 million children for immunisation against polio in the 2022 first round exercise. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development…
The Kano state government says it will carry out a house-to-house vaccination against the circulating type 2 vaccine-driving polio virus, cVDPV2, in all 44 local government areas in the state.…
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Present Your Children For Polio, Measles, Meningitis Immunization – JAP Tells Parents In Kaduna
Parents and caregivers in Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria have been advised to ensure they make their children available for vaccination as the State is set to commence another round of…
Joseph Edegbo As the world commemorates 2021 World Polio Day with the theme, “One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio – delivering on our promise of a polio-free world’’, a group…
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that over 100 million children were at risk of being paralysed by the circulating Vaccine…
As a health worker and Local Immunization Officer in Ilesha West Local Government Area (LGA), Osun State, Mrs Toyin Ajewole has seen first-hand effects of a child not being vaccinated.…
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World Polio Day: Beautiful Gate Lauds Resilience of Polio Survivors, Calls for Government Attention
As the the global community celebrates Polio Day, a day set aside by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk who led the first…
Enugu State Government says it was targeting a total of 1,014,953 children for vaccination against wild polio virus to ensure the disease does not resurge in the state. The target…
•Jigawa State governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar The Kirikasamma and Guri Local Government Councils in Jigawa plan to woo 109,560 children with sweets and other confectioneries to take polio vaccines. Alhaji…