Nigeria: Ending Polio In Nigeria Once And For All

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Lagos — Polio, a vicious disease that primarily affects children and leaves them severely disabled, reared its ugly head once again in Nigeria last year, two years since it was last detected in the region.

Up to this point, global polio eradication efforts had managed to defeat polio in all but two countries—Afghanistan and Pakistan. Its reemergence speaks volumes to Nigeria's inability to continue to deliver the most basic health care, begging the question: why does universal immunization remain unfulfilled?

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