The health educator at the primary healthcare development agency of Kebbi State, Yusuf Umar Sauwa, revealed that a total of 25 cases of the polio variant…
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Uganda is set to immunise about eight million children below the age of five during the polio vaccination campaign which kicks off today. Speaking to journalists…
5th of August marks the first anniversary of a milestone that took over 30 years to achieve. Africa being free from polio
In Eritrea, the Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide anti-polio program in all sub-zones of the country. Tedros Yihdego, head of the National Vaccination Program…
Alain Noudehou, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, on Wednesday condemned the recent violent attack on aid workers delivering polio vaccines to…
The Co-chairman Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, has urged the Nigerian government to continue its immunisation campaign despite the country being declared Polio…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of the wild polio virus WHO Regional Office…
The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication has declared the continent free of wild polio. The milestone was announced during a World Health…