Tag: polio

By Simeon Bennett The spread of polio to countries previously considered free of the crippling disease represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said. Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria ...

ABUJA - The Rotary Club of Abuja on Saturday urged Nigerians to intensify the fight against polio virus by taking preventive measures through immunisation. The President of the organisation, Mr James Ugbeda said ...

By SundiataPOST, Abuja  Founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates on Tuesday, called for sustained collaborative efforts of stakeholders to eradicate the wild polio virus from Nigeria. Gates ...

By SundiataPOST, Abuja The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the Dangote Foundation, is set to eradicate polio in Nigeria by 2014. Mr Bill Gates, co-founder of Bill ...