Tag: Polio Eradication

Health worker tries to immunise a child during a vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in northwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2017.
The World Health Organization said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent. "The synchronised vaccination campaign, one of the largest of its kind ever implemented in Africa, is part of urgent measures to permanently stop polio on the continent," the WHO said. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

W.H.O. targets 1.2 million children in polio vaccination campaign in South Sudan

by Abraham

December 15, 2020

Health worker tries to immunise a child during a vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in ...

Live, weakened virus is used in some forms of the polio vaccine PHOTO: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images

WHO declares Nigeria Polio free

by Abraham

June 19, 2020

Live, weakened virus is used in some forms of the polio vaccine PHOTO: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images The World Health ...

Nigeria may be certified polio-free by March 2020

by Abraham

December 7, 2019

If satisfied with the national documentation and field verification outcomes, Nigeria and the World health Organisation (WHO), African Region, could ...

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