Tag: polio
Jigawa immunises 1.5m children against polio
The Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says over 1.5 million children were immunised against polio in the recently concluded…
Polio: Daura LG immunises 79,088 children
No fewer than 79,088 children were immunised at the just concluded phase 11 of the Outbreak Response against Polio in…
Polio: Katsina State council immunises 60,989 children
No fewer than 60,989 children under five years were immunised against polio in Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Polio: No child paralysed in last 24 months – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Thursday said no single child in the country had been paralysed…
Sudan launches anti-polio campaign
Sudan’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched a polio vaccination campaign supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF…
Polio: Cross River to immunise 808,470 children
The Cross River Government on Sunday said it is targeting no fewer than 808, 470 children across the state for…
Lagos begins immunisation against polio, targets 4.8 million children
The second round of 2018 National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs), polio vaccination campaign for children aged zero to 59 months…
Polio: UNICEF calls for routine immunisation
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged governments at all levels to ensure routine immunisation in order to end…
Polio: Kogi to immunize 900,000 children in remote communities
The Kogi Government said on Monday that it would immunise 900,000 children in remote communities across the 21 Local Government…
Polio: Lagos Sets For Implementation Of Four-Day Immunization Campaign
The Lagos State Government will on Friday, 27th April commence the implementation of 4-day campaign against Poliomyelitis (National Immunization Plus…
Jigawa state set to immunize 1.6m children against Polio
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA) says over 1.6 million children will be immunised against polio in the…
Agency refutes polio outbreak speculation in Abuja
Dr Mathew Ashikeni, the Acting Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, on Friday, refuted speculation…
Polio: FCT targets 900,000 children for immunisation
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Primary Health Care Development Board, says it is targeting 900,000 children to be immunised against…
UNICEF, Taraba Health Agency sensitize women
The Taraba Health Care Development Agency, in conjunction with UNICEF, has begun the sensitization of women on Polio and other…
Polio: Kebbi seeks WHO support on immunizing cross border children
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help curtail spread of Polio by…
Somalia celebrates 3 years polio-free
Somalia and the UN on Monday in Mogadishu celebrated the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the country…
Polio: FCT Immunises 901, 513 Children
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, on Wednesday said it had immunised 901,513 under-five children against…
Rotary Club to launch campaign to tackle polio in 7 states
Rotary International Club says it will launch sustained campaign for the total eradication of polio in seven states of the…
Polio: WHO, UNICEF laud eradication fund for Nigeria, others
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commended the 1.2 billion dollars funding initiative to…
Polio: Nigeria, 2 others get $1.2bn
Global health leaders on Monday pledged 1.2 billion dollars to reaffirm their commitment to eradicating polio and finance efforts to…
Meningitis: WHO deploys 190 Polio personnel to Sokoto State
The World Health Organisation (WHO), says it has deployed 190 Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officers to Sokoto State to support…
State Govt. immunises 579,540 children against polio
More than 579,540 children under the age of five were immunised against polio in Ekiti during the just concluded first…
Polio: Jigawa Targets 1.7m Children For Immunisation
The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, says it is targeting about 1.7 million children for immunisation in the current…
Immunisation: LGC inaugurates task force to ensure compliance
The Doma Local Government Council of Nasarawa State has inaugurated a taskforce on the implementation of polio immunisation in the…
State Govt. targets 3.5 m children for Polio immunisation
The Kano State Government said it is targeting 3.5 million children for the fourth round of the National Polio Immunisation…
Over 98,000 Children Immunised Against Polio
More than 98,000 children in Birniwa and Kirikasamma Local Government Councils of Jigawa, were immunised against polio disease.
Polio: Jigawa LGC vaccinates 90,000 children
The Kafinhausa Local Government Council of Jigawa on Wednesday said it vaccinated more 90,000 children against poliomyelitis in the just…
Lagos to immunise 4.9 million children against Polio
The Lagos State Government says it is targeting the immunization of 4.9 million children in the ongoing National Immunization Plus…
AMAC begins supplementary polio immunization March 25
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) says it will begin another round of supplementary polio immunisation campaign from March 25.
Polio: Akeredolu solicits synergy for healthy future
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday called for collective support for immunisation to ensure a healthy, fruitful and…