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WHO, UNICEF congratulate Nigeria on Polio-free status

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 […]

Enugu State embarks on vaccination to sustain polio free-status

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

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

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, […]