Tag: polio

MINNA - The Niger State government has spent N805 million from 2007 to 2014 to eradicate polio in the state, its deputy governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto said. Ibeto, who disclosed ...

LAGOS - A medical researcher, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, on Wednesday said that giving analgesics to children before polio immunisation could reduce the efficacy of the vaccine. Iwalokun, a molecular biologist ...

KADUNA - Alhaji Hamza Ikara, Health Education Officer,  Kaduna State Primary Health Care Agency, said on Friday in Kaduna, that 3.4 million children were immunized against polio during the October ...

BY BBC Pakistan has recorded its highest number of polio cases for 15 years, with health officials blaming the rise on attacks on immunisation teams. The number of new cases ...