Polio

Bauchi came alive on Thursday as hundreds of residents, health workers, and partners took to the streets to mark the 2025 World Polio Day — a powerful reminder that the…

The Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board (KSPHCMB) has confirmed the detection of four new variants of the polio virus in the state, raising concerns about a possible resurgence…

The Chairman of The Rotary Foundation and Past Rotary International President, Holger Knaack, and his wife, Susanne, will arrive in Nigeria on November 1 for a week-long visit dedicated to…

ABUJA — The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has empowered one hundred (100) polio survivors with wheelchairs as part of activities marking this year’s World Polio Day celebration…

As part of activities marking the 2025 World Polio Day, Rotary International, through the National PolioPlus Committee (NNPPC), has paid a courtesy visit to the National Commission for Persons with…

UNICEF has expressed concern over the continued presence of the polio virus in Katsina State and has pledged to collaborate with the state government to make its eradication a top…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated over 2.5 million doses of oral polio vaccines to the Bauchi State Government in support of an upcoming immunization campaign targeting children…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…