The Africa Regional Certification Commission has declared the continent free of endemic polio after a decades-long campaign against the disease. Nigeria, which accounted for more ... Read more »
When unfounded rumours led to a vaccine boycott in Nigeria, some traditional leaders in the north, teamed up with the government to lead the polio campaign on the importance of ... Read more »
Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995 - a two-year-old boy paralyzed by a strain of the virus derived from the vaccine. In rare cases, the live virus in the ... Read more »
The World Health Organization has certified that there has been no evidence of wild polio in Nigeria. It's been three years since any cases of polio have been detected since August ... Read more »
After being polio-free for almost three years, Charity Warigon, WHO's Communication Officer, has said that the office in Nigeria is optimistic of its ability to meet the polio free ... Read more »
A shortage of an oral polio vaccine and two other vital boosters has entered its second month, putting thousands of newborns at risk. This comes as the government prepares for a ... Read more »
Firmino Arlindo has been going door-to-door to talk to families about the importance of protecting their children after his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in ... Read more »
Global immunisation experts are urging African countries to strengthen their routine immunization. According to the World Health Organisation, over the past five years, ... Read more »
Polio is a virus which can cause lifelong paralysis and as the world commemorated World Polio Day on October 24 the WHO, UNICEF and Rotary International say they are 99% on the way ... Read more »
Borno State, one of the three North-Eastern states in Nigeria currently recovering from an insurgency, surprisingly has better immunization coverage numbers than several other ... Read more »
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