Agency Warns Nigeria Of Polio Virus Spread

Polio is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system. Children younger than age 5 are more likely to contract the virus than any other group.

The Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, spoke at a Zoom meeting to applaud the new status with donor partners and stakeholders in Abuja, Nigeria.

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The Federal Government Support $150 Million World Bank Facility To Fight Polio

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was headed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the deployment of the $150 World Bank facility for polio eradication in the country.

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The Mysterious Polio Disease Affecting American Kids

More than 100 cases of a polio-like syndrome causing full or partial paralysis of the arms or legs have been seen in children across the United States in recent months, according to doctors attending the annual meeting of the Child Neurology Society.

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Nigeria records 65 per cent reduction in polio cases

DESPITE security challenges in northern parts of the country, Nigeria is the only polio endemic country in the world that has recorded substantial reduction, 65 per cent, in polio cases and 29 per cent increase in routine immunisation this year.

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How technology is helping Nigeria to fight polio

"It is now easy to monitor the immunization coverage of each vaccination team because the phone trackers each team carries along generate tracks which are sent via satellite to our website," the medical doctor said. 

 

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Nigeria records 65 per cent reduction in polio cases

DESPITE security challenges in northern parts of the country, Nigeria is the only polio endemic country in the world that has recorded substantial reduction, 65 per cent, in polio cases and 29 per cent increase in routine immunisation this year.

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FAMILIES OF 10 SLAIN POLIO WORKERS GET N3M

 

A donation of N3 million has been given to each family of the 10 polio workers slain during an immunisation exercise in Kano in February this year.

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Stop the outbreak, in the name of our children

On a number of occasions, I have argued Pakistan is on the verge of eradicating polio but that failure to do so would have serious global consequences. There is no need for me to repeat these arguments. Having said this, on World Polio Day 2013, I will not shy away from re-emphasizing some salient truths about the current and urgent dangers that polio poses to our children.

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Polio down by 40% in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan

When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, the poliovirus was circulating in 125 countries, paralysing or killing 1,000 people a day.

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Public warned of looming Polio outbreak

 

Health experts have asked Parliament to expedite passing of the law to criminalise non-response to immunisation following reports of a looming Polio outbreak in the country.

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Polio Eradication: Bill Gates’ Foundation Names Obi Best Governor In Nigeria

The Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, on Friday bagged the best performing governor on the eradication of polio in the southeast from Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation at a ceremony at the Women’s Development Centre in Awka.

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