A partnership between The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the Federal and Kano state governments, Dangote Group could see the eradication of polio in Kano State. This ... Read more »

Opposition to immunisation in polio-endemic countries is one of the final hurdles to eradicating the disease, a conference has heard. Read more »

Seventy-five percent of the more than one million premature babies who die annually can be saved by using simple and affordable prevention and treatment methods, an advocate says. Read more »

Celebrity ambassadors including Kenya's Eric Wainaina have signed up in support of This Close campaign aimed at eradicating polio. Read more »

Katsina state still has the highest cases of polio infection in Nigeria, says Dr Mustapha Mahmud, Head of the Immunisation Unit of the National Primary Health Care Development ... Read more »

Eradicating Polio is a tremendous challenge, but the world is coming together with the financial resources, the political commitment, and the innovation necessary to protect every ... Read more »

Free universal health care for children and pregnant women, as well as increased donor funding for health, has nearly halved the death rate of children below five years old, ... Read more »

The global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organisation says Nigeria is not on track to achieve eradication of polio despite the adequate tools and capacity to ... Read more »

The country has made significant progress in the fight against polio with the number of cases dropping both in 2010 and 2011 and no cases registered in 2012. Read more »

As of July 10, 2012, Nigeria has recorded 49 new cases of wild poliovirus in 10 states compared to 25 cases during the same period in 2011. This increase has prompted the ... Read more »