Tag: polio
Polio: Rotary immunises 107 children in Enugu
By Maureen Ojinaka
Enugu - The Rotary International has continued its fight against polio virus by immunising 107 children between age zero to five...
UNICEF urges routine immunisation to end polio in Nigeria
By Polycarp Auta
Jos - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged governments at all levels to ensure routine immunisation in order to end...
Polio: UNICEF immunizes 2m children in rural areas of 4 states
By Saidu Adamu Jalingo - The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in conjunction with UNICEF said it immunized more than two million children in rural...
WHO urges more efforts to eradicate polio in Nigeria, others
By Prudence Arobani
New York - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stressed the need to redouble efforts to eradicate the polio...
Polio: Kebbi Govt urges WHO to assist immunise cross border children
By Ibrahim Bello
Birnin Kebbi - Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help curtail spread of...
JAP Intervening to Resolve Polio Non-compliance Cases in Katsina State –...
By Zubairu Idris
Katsina - The Journalists Against Polio (JAP) have played vital role in resolving non-compliance cases during the ongoing round of Immunisation...
FG Includes NYSC Members In NHIS, Declares Nigeria Polio Free
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - In order to prevent further deaths of corps members as a result of lack of medical facility in National Orientation...
Polio: 116m Children To Be Vaccinated In 13 Countries
By Felicia Imohimi
Abuja - The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO) said over 116 million children in 13 African...
South Sudan, UN To Immunise 3m Children Against Polio
Juba - South Sudan and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday began immunisation targeting over three million children against Polio amid multiple...
No recent history of polio in Nigeria since 2016 — FG
By Mustapha Yauri
Abuja - The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says there has been no recent history of polio in Nigeria since...
Borno Govt want parents to embrace polio vaccination
By Ali Inuwa
Maiduguri - The Borno Government on Sunday renewed its call to parents to present their children and wards for the ongoing immunisation...
FG releases N9.8bn for polio eradication – NPHCDA
By Mustapha Yauri
Abuja - Dr Emmanuel Odu, Acting Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said that the Federal Government has released...
Rotary commits $100m to curb resurgence of polio in Nigeria
By Usman Aliyu
Ilorin,
Mr Bisi Adegoke, Rotary Governor, District 9125, said on Sunday that the Rotary Club was committing 100 million Dollars to prevent resurgence...
Club vows to tackle polio, ensure improved sanitation in Plateau
Jos - The new leadership of Rotary Club of Jos-Utan, has vowed to prioritise the fight against polio and help improve environmental sanitation in...
Rotary $35m to support Eradication of Polio Globally
By Sundiata Post - Rotary on Tuesday committed an additional $35 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, bringing the humanitarian...
Polio: health official urges mothers to take their children for immunisation
Kafanchan (Kaduna) - The Director of Primary Health Care in Laura Local Government Area, Mrs Sarah Silas has urged nursing mothers to make their children...
Lake Chad Basin States declare polio public health emergency
Abuja - The Ministers of Health from the member states of the Lake Chad Basin have declared the recent polio outbreak in Nigeria a...
Polio Alert: FG, UNICEF begin emergency immunisation campaign in Borno
Abuja - The Federal Ministry of Health supported by WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have rolled out an emergency...
Fresh Polio Cases: FG Sends Response Team To Borno; UNICEF, WHO...
By Max Amuchie
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Federal Government has directed the deployment of a national emergency response team, comprising government and partners to...