February 9
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Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow to Travel to Chad and the DRC
Unicef
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow will travel to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 10-day trip starting Sunday to support a global push to make polio a part of... Read more »
February 7
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Parents Urged to Fight Against Polio
ANGOP
Parents were urged on Tuesday in Kwanhama district, southern Cunene province, to take their children to vaccination posts, so as to fight poliomyelitis. Read more »
February 6
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How to Win Battle Against Killer Polio - Experts
Vanguard
Paediatricians say Nigeria can achieve a polio-free generation. Read more »
February 2
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36 Govs Rise to Polio Challenge, Sign Eradication Pact
Daily Champion
Perhaps moved by the $500,000 grant to be awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to states that meet all the criteria for polio eradication by end of 2012, Nigeria's 36... Read more »
February 1
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Why Polio Is So Hard to Eliminate [analysis]
IRIN
Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 - five... Read more »
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FG Urged to Intensify Action Against Polio
Daily Trust
The Nigerian government has been urged to intensify actions to eradicate the country's burden of polio, estimated at 43 cases last year, up from 11 in 2010. Read more »
January 30
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Why Polio Continues to Thrive in the Country
Leadership
Achieving a polio-free country this year would remain elusive if the setbacks to the realisation of this dream are not addressed, writes WINIFRED OGBEBO. Read more »
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Polio - Lessons From India [analysis]
Daily Trust
According to World Health Organization's (WHO) News release titled 'One year polio free in India is a major achievement; the country was once the world's epicentre of polio' on 12... Read more »
January 25
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Over 500.000 Children to Get Vaccinated in Huila
ANGOP
Some 596.395 children aged from zero to five years old will be vaccinated during the first national campaign against poliomyelitis, taking place on February 24-26, in Huila... Read more »
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Polio Fears in Local Refugee Camps [press release]
UNHCR
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 24 January 2012, at the Palais des... Read more »
January 24
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Polio Cases Suspected in Ethiopian Refugee Camps
UN News
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in... Read more »
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Country Accounts for 10 Percent Global Polio Burden - Pate
Leadership
Nigeria has 60 out of 600 polio cases worldwide, the Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, has said. Read more »
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The Nation and Polio - Lessons From India [analysis]
Daily Trust
According to World Health Organization's (WHO) news release titled 'One year polio free in India is a major achievement; the country was once the world's epicentre of polio' on 12... Read more »
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Fresh Efforts to End Polio Target Eight States
Daily Trust
Fresh efforts to completely stop transmission of wild polio virus in 2012 will centre on eight high-risk states where the virus still exists, since at least 22 others in the... Read more »
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FG Will Eradicate Polio in 24 Months - Minister
Vanguard
The Federal Government yesterday committed itself to eradicating wide polio virus from Nigeria in 24 months. Read more »
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Polio Efforts Drops to Eight States
Daily Trust
Fresh efforts to completely stop transmission of wild polio virus in 2012 will centre in eight states identified as high-risk, where Read more »
January 20
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'The Nation to Exit Polio-Endemic Countries'
Daily Trust
A joint committee of World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children's' Fund and National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) officials will screen and select... Read more »
January 19
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Nation to Leave Polio Pain Behind
Daily Trust
Nigeria is to use a new committee of officials to screen and pick supervisors and vaccinators of polio eradication initiative in efforts to meet targets set to stop transmission of... Read more »
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Polio Eradication - Rotary Club to Build Boreholes in Kuje
Daily Trust
President of the Rotary Club of Abuja, Chijioke Ekechukwu, says his club is constructing four hand-pump boreholes in Kuje area council in order to eradicate polio in Nigeria this... Read more »
January 17
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'One Child With Polio Makes All Children Unsafe' [interview]
Daily Trust
2011 came with mixed results: Cases of wild polio virus resurged; vaccines for immunisation ran out; a scheme for midwives gained impetus; Nigeria began its first-ever use of... Read more »
January 16
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Polio Jabs in Rukwa Surpasses Target
Daily News
ABOUT 101 per cent of the targeted children under five years of age in Rukwa region were vaccinated against polio in June last year. Read more »
January 12
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Five Million Children in Western Get Polio Vaccine
Nairobi Star
The anti-polio campaign has moved to Northern Kenya after more than five million children were vaccinated in Western Kenya in the last four months. Read more »
January 11
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Anti-Polio Campaign Declared Success After Exceeding Target
Nation
Kenya has been declared free from polio. Read more »
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