Routine immunization panacea in eradicating polio, NPHCDA boss, Shuaib
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said engagement in routine immunization was the only panacea in eradicating polioviruses in the country.
WHO, UNICEF congratulate Nigeria on Polio-free status
By Joseph Erunke THE World Health Organisation, WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of wild polio virus. The global organisations equally hailed the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, GPEI, partners in Nigeria who helped the country achieve the feat; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the […]
As Nigeria celebrates Polio-free status, Faisal worried about suspension of immunization following Covid-19
By Joseph Erunke For years, Polio, a viral disease that is transmitted from person to person, mainly through a faecal-oral route or, less frequently, through contaminated water or food, and multiplies inside the intestines, reigned supreme in Nigeria. While there is no cure for polio, the disease can be prevented through administration of a simple […]
Enugu State embarks on vaccination to sustain polio free-status
The Enugu State Government says it will embark on a six-day specific-target polio vaccination to sustain the state’s decades-long polio free-status. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday. Ugwu said that […]
CHI staff leads fight against polio
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has named the Regional Director, East, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc, Mrs Ijeoma Pearl Okoro, among five Rotary women leading the fight to end polio worldwide.
Buhari thanks Osinbajo, PTF on polio for making Nigeria proud in fight against polio
President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for making Nigeria proud by providing leadership that led the country to become polio-free. The President also commended other members of the Presidential Taskforce on Polio Eradication and world leaders who contributed to attaining the polio-free status. In a statement by Garba Shehu, Buhari lauded Prof. Osinbajo, […]
