Tag: polio
Nigeria achieves milestone of going 2 years without polio
Bringing Africa closer to polio-free certification in 2017
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Today, Nigeria marks two years without a case of polio. In a statement...
Polio: LG to immunise 11,900 children in Jigawa
Dutse - Gwaram Local Government Council of Jigawa on Monday said it would vaccinate no fewer than 11, 900 children against polio in the...
AU nominates Nigeria, 4 other countries as disease control centres
Abuja - The African Union (AU) has nominated five countries from the sub-regions of the continent to serve as Africa Centres for Disease Control...
Polio: Council constitutes teams to increase reception in Sokoto
Sokoto - The Sokoto South Local Government on Sunday said that it had constituted three ad-hoc teams to assist in the vaccination of all...
Group wants traditional, religious leaders to educate parents on polio vaccination
Kaduna - The Kaduna State chapter of the Journalists Initiative Against Polio (JAP) on Sunday appealed to traditional and religious leaders to educate parents...
Nigeria, Africa’s success in eradicating polio, testament of global partnership –...
New York - Nigeria and Africa's achievements in the fight against polio is a testament to the power of global partnership and concerted leadership,...
Kano community gives condition for accepting oral polio vaccine
SUMALIA - Some residents of Sumaila in Kano State, said on Monday that they would not bring out their children for routine polio immunisation...
2.6 million children to be immunized against polio in Katsina
Katsina- The Katsina State Government said an estimated 2.6 million children would be immunised against polio disease in the state.
The Governor, Aminu Masari, stated...
Polio reduced by 80% in Kano state, says Gov. Ganduje
Kano - Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state on Thursday said the state government has reduced polio infestations in the state by 80 per...
Sultan urges Nigerians to support efforts to eradicate polio
Sokoto- The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, on Saturday, urged Nigerians to support the current efforts by federal and state governments, as...
WHO to immunize 240,000 children against polio in Sokoto
sokoto, -The Wolrd Health Organization (WHO) says it will immunize 240,000 children with the Injactible Polio Vaccine (IPV) in three local government areas of...
60 years after a vaccine, new technology may finally eradicate polio
Over the last few years, we've been close to eradicating worldwide polio without full success. However, a new medical technology, an easily applied microneedle...
2 Jigawa LGCs immunises 130,356 children against polio
KAFIN-HAUSA (JIGAWA) - The Kafin-Hausa and Malammadori Local Government
Councils of Jigawa on Wednesday said that they immunised 130,356 children against polio in their January...
Malammadori set to immunise 41,000 children against polio
MALAMMADORI (JIGAWA) - A total of 41, 755 children will be immunised against the wild polio virus in Malammadori Local Government Area of Jigawa...
Polio: Jigawa to immunise 1.5m children
Dutse- The Jigawa government on Sunday said it planned to immunise 1,578, 000 children against polio virus across the state in the first round...
LG to immunise 80, 000 children against polio in Jigawa
Kafin-Hausa (Jigawa)- The Kafin-Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday said it targeted more than 80, 000 children for vaccination against polio in...
WHO seeks herdsmen/community support in polio campaign
MALAMMADORI (JIGAWA) - Malam Abdullahi Muhammad, the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Malammadori, Jigawa, has called for greater involvement of livestock farmers in...
Rotary announces $8.1million grant to end polio in Nigeria
By Lexi Elo
As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary International has announced $8.1 million in grants to help the...
Tomori urges FG, stakeholders to sustain measures against polio resurgence
LAGOS - A Virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, on Friday urged the Federal Government and stakeholders to sustain the measures to prevent a resurgence of...
Medical researcher calls for improved polio immunisation coverage
Lagos- A medical researcher, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, on Sunday in Lagos said polio immunisation coverage needed to be improved in some states where the...