Kebbi detects 25 polio variants in nine LGAs
Abia targets 111,000 un-immunised children for vaccination against polio, diphtheria, others
Rotary commits $14m grant to end polio in Nigeria
Routine immunization panacea in eradicating polio, NPHCDA boss, Shuaib
Cross River vaccinates 900,000 children against wild polio
WHO reports first polio outbreak in Africa in years
WHO, Ekiti warn against sudden polio outbreak, to vaccinate children
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Personal Reflections on Growing Up With Polio
Nigeria steps up effort to sustain polio-free certification status
ROTARY Ovwian campaign to sustain zero Polio in Nigeria
Polio-free status: Let’s sustain immunization, Bill Gates tells Nigeria
POLIO: Our true story — Dr. Faisal Shuaib
POLIO: Nigeria’s certification major milestone — SANOFI
POLIO: Nigeria’s certification major milestone — SANOFI
Polio: Why battle is not over, Dr. Faisal Shuaibu cautions
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SubscribePolio: Nigeria still threatened despite eradication certification, says FG
ABUJA-THE federal government has said Nigeria was still being threatened despite the certification of the country polio-free by the World Health Organisation, WHO.
ICYMI: WHO declares Africa free of polio
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world. “Today is a historic day for Africa,” said Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke, whose commission certified that no polio cases had occurred on […]
I’ve fulfilled my pledge to eradicate polio, says Buhari
….As WHO certifies Nigeria free of disease By Joseph Erunke President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday he has fulfilled his pledge to rid Nigeria of the indigenous wild poliovirus. The President made the declaration, as the World Health Organisation, WHO, declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free via an online event across the continent and […]
WHO congratulates Nigeria on ending wild poliovirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of the wild poliovirus WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclosed this in a statement posted on its website. The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication on Tuesday, officially declared WHO African […]
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 […]
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