Tag: polio

By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Ilorin, - The Kwara Government has disclosed that about 1.3 million children were immunized during the July 2022 round...

By Chijioke Kingsley Abuja (Sundiata Post) - AS part of efforts to ensure that Polio does not surge in Nigeria after being declared Polio...

By CHIJIOKE OKORONKWO ABUJA- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to sustain the campaign against polio, warning that the disease is “very crafty.”Osinbajo...

Pakistan has not recorded any new case of polio in seven months, officials said on Friday, rekindling hopes that the country could eventually eradicate...

Gambia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, has declared an outbreak of polio in the West African nation, while calling for a national...

Uganda has announced a polio emergency and blamed the outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic during which resources were diverted from polio vaccination projects. The Health...

The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 case in the state.Prof. Abdullahi Isa, the stateCommissioner...

By Rabiu Sani/Muhammad Nur Kano  - The Co – chairman Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates has called on Nigerian government not to...

By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Ilorin - The African Regional Certification Centre on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria would soon be declared polio-free by June...

Dutse - Garki Local Government Council of Jigawa says it is targeting to vaccinate about 51,316 children against polio in the ongoing...

By Aderogba George Abuja - The FCT Primary Health Care Board on Friday reiterated its commitment to end polio in the...

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu - The Enugu State Government has said that it recorded 100 per cent success in the just-concluded Sub-National...

Manila - Six more cases of polio have been detected in the Philippines, bringing to 14 the total number of patients with...

By Abujah Racheal Abuja - Dr Pascal Mkanda, Coordinator, Polio Eradication Programme, at World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Regional Office, has commended the...

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja - Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, inaugurated the Nigeria National Steering Committee(NNSC) and...

Manila - More than 1.6 million children have been vaccinated against polio in a two-week immunisation drive in...

By Hajara LemanGombe - Some victims of Polio virus in Gombe...

Manila - Polio has re-emerged in the Philippines, 19 years after the country was cleared of the highly contagious disease...

ABUJA -  The World Bank’s new global director for health, nutrition and population, Dr. Ali Muhammad Pate has commended former President Goodluck Jonathan for...

By Yakubu UbaYola - No fewer than 72 teams including town criers have been deployed for the house-to-house polio immunization for children from...