Tag: polio
UNICEF urges Kano to declare state of emergency on polio eradication
UNICEF maintained that there was need to tell families in Kano that polio vaccines are available, safe and effective.
Polio: Kano, Katsina, Jigawa lead Nigeria’s unvaccinated crisis as UNICEF pushes for change
This announcement came from UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Kano, Mr. Rahama Rihood Mohammed, during the launch of the…
WHO reports first wild polio outbreak in Malawi
The wild type 1 poliovirus was discovered in a child in the city of Lilongwe, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
120 cases of vaccine-derived polio in Nigeria
Vaccine-derived polio cases are rare, and they differ from wild cases.
Polio: Pakistan launches vaccination drive
Pakistan on Monday launched a vaccination drive against polio to cover the immunity gap caused by COVID-19 pandemic related disruptions…
Polio: UNICEF excited over eradication in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the eradication of polio in Nigeria amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic…
JUST IN: WHO certifies Nigeria, Africa free of polio today
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that Nigeria, along with the African continent is free…
WHO declares Nigeria polio-free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria free of wild polio. The declaration followed the completion of documentation for…
We won’t politicise health reforms — Kwara govt
The Kwara Government has pledged to shield the health sector from politics in the fight against polio.
Nigeria is determined to win against polio – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said Nigeria is determined to win the fight against polio.
Polio certification: Nigeria targets 2020
National Economic Council (NEC) says Nigeria is making conscious efforts toward achieving polio certification by the year 2020.
Lagos sets up Task Force on Polio eradication
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Tuesday inaugurated the State Taskforce on Polio Eradication and Immunisation, stating that…
FCTA committed to polio eradication – Minister
Malam Muhammad Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has restated the administration’s commitment to completely eradicate polio in…
2 new polio cases reported from inaccessible areas
Two fresh polio cases had been detected in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province, the Ministry of Public Health said on Monday.
Polio: Gates Foundation lauds Borno Govt. over immunization campaign
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has commended the Borno State Government over its commitments to eradicating polio disease in…
Polio: Lagos to issue executive order compelling private schools to allow access to officers
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that it would soon give an Executive Order that will compel operators of private…
Gov Abiodun Flags Off Campaign Against Polio
Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has pledged his administration’s unwavering commitment towards revamping the health care…
Rotary announces US$100 million to eradicate polio
Rotary is giving US$100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once…
Polio: Govt mobilises 1,685 personnel for house-to-house vaccination in Adamawa
The Chairman, State Taskforce on Immunization, and also the Deputy Governor of Adamawa, Mr Martins Babale, said 1,685 personnel are…
Polio: LASG to immunise children aged 0-5
The Lagos State Government will embark on House to House polio Immunisation for all children aged 0-five years, irrespective of…
Medical practitioner calls for a polio-free Nigeria
Dr Towoju Olumunyiwa, a medical practitioner with National Hospital, Abuja, has called on Federal Government to embrace measures that could…
Lassa fever outbreak: Kwara health workers suspend indefinite strike
The Congress of the Coalition of Health Sector Unions (COHESU), Kwara branch, has suspended its indefinite strike due to the…
War against polio: Nomadic group leads campaign in Kano
An amalgamation of nomadic groups in Kano State have formed a platform, Nomadic Jauros for Health, to fight against polio…
Gu Fangzhou: The man who saved millions of children from polio
‘The Polio Terminator’ Gu Fangzhou He was regarded as ‘the father of sugar pills’ in China as a result of…
Polio: WHO immunises 79,000 children in FCT
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it immunised about 79, 000 children of below five years against polio during the…
Polio: WHO tells parents to embrace immunization
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on parents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to ensure that children are…
Polio: Kano Govt urge parents to embrace immunisation
The Kano State Government has urged parents to embrace routine immunisation to keep their children fit and immune to child-killer…
Jigawa Polio-free for 6 years – Official
Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHDA) says that state has not recorded any new…
How Africa can earn polio-free certification – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Africa stood the chance of being certified polio-free by the end of 2019 or…
Polio: Katsina council area immunizes 49,171 children
No fewer than 49,171 children were immunised against polio during the just concluded second round of the Outbreak Response Immunisation…