Nigeria: 'Vaccine Derived Polio' Won't Stop Nigeria From Being Certified Free - Official

11 September 2019

The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will not suffer a setback in the success recorded on wild polio eradication in the country.

He said though the country has been experiencing another type of polio known as the 'vaccine derived polio', this will not stop the country from being certified free.

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