Tag: polio
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.