Tag: polio
Polio: Kaduna to immunise 3m children
The Kaduna State Government says it will immunise three million children under the age of five years against Polio within…
Polio: Katsina LG to immunize over 70,000 children
Baure Local Government of Katsina State would immunise over 70,000 children in the area against polio this month, according to…
Polio: South Sudan, WHO To Immunise 3m Children
South Sudan and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday began immunisation targeting over three million children against Polio amid…
Plateau has not recorded polio case since 2009 – commissioner
Dr Kuden Kamshak, the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, on Monday, said the state had not recorded any case of…
Polio: Dutse LG to immunise 109,882 children
The Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa said on Sunday that it would vaccinate no fewer than 109,882 children against…
Kogi polio-free, says State Immunisation Officer
Mr. Amaje John, the Kogi State Immunisation Officer, on Thursday said that the state had been polio-free since 2009. John…
FG to vaccinate 41 million children against polio before January
The Federal Government planned to immunise 41 million children against polio before the end of the year as part of…
Rivers government committed to end polio
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers says his administration will sustain the campaign against polio. Wike said this in Port Harcourt…
Rotary announces N2.49bn grant to end polio
To effectively fight polio in Nigeria and countries in Lake Chad Basin Region, the Rotary International announced a grant of…
FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication
Dr Emmanuel Odu, Acting Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said that the Federal Government has released…
Polio: Osun Govt. asures association of support
Dr Akinyinka Esho, the Permanent Secretary, Osun Ministry of Health, on Thursday, assured the new caretaker committee of the Association…
Nigeria reports first polio cases since 2014
The Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio, the country’s first in two years. It said two children had…
Nigeria must sustain Polio-free status – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministries of Health, and Information and Culture, to deepen their collaboration with state…
WHO declares Adamawa Polio-free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Adamawa as a polio-free state. The WHO Coordinator in the state, Dr Nuhu…
Buhari: I’ll give highest priority to Polio eradication
I am pleased to welcome you all to this meeting on a matter that is very important to all of…
Nigeria will not be complacent on polio eradication, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured that Nigeria will not be complacent, but maintain its status as a polio free…
Polio: LG to immunise 111,180 children in Jigawa
Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa on Monday said it would vaccinate at least 111,180 children against polio in the…
Governors’ Forum wants Nigeria to remain polio-free for 24 months
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has called for continued commitment and concerted efforts from all stakeholders to get Nigeria certified polio-free…
Nigeria de-listed from polio-endemic countries
Eromosele Ebhomele It is good news for Nigeria as the World Health Organisation, WHO, late Friday announced that polio is…
Polio: LG to immunise 81,000 children in Jigawa
The Jahu Local Government Council of Jigawa has said that it is targeting at least 81,000 children for vaccination against…
No Nigerian child will be infected with polio again, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari declared Saturday in Abuja that his administration will do all within its powers to ensure that no…
Nigeria marks polio-free year, set to land certification in 2017
Jethro Ibileke It is exactly one year since the last case of polio was recorded in Nigeria. The last reported…
Nigeria marks polio-free year, raises hope of global eradication
LONDON, (Reuters) – Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone many…
2.6mn children to get polio immunisation in Katsina
The Katsina State Government said an estimated 2.6 million children would be immunised against polio disease in the state. The…
FG receives $82m loan from Japan to fight polio
The Federal Government has received 82 million dollars loan facility from the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) to boost its…
FCT records zero polio since January 2013
The Minister of State for FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, said there had been no case of wild polio virus when only…
Nigeria gets $85m loan from Japan for polio eradication
The Federal Government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japanese Government for $85 million dollars (N1.38…
WHO declares polio ‘public health emergency’
The World Health Organization warned Monday that polio has reemerged as a public health emergency, after new cases of the…
Polio: Nigeria 2nd Largest Country With Unimmunised Kids
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria accounts for 3.8 million of the estimated 22.6 million unimmunised children against polio living in different countries…
India marks 3 years without polio
India marks three years since its last reported polio case on Monday, meaning it will soon be certified as having…