An End to Polio in Four Days?
A door-to-door campaign aims to vaccinate more than 111 million children against polio in 20 African countries in just four days in a bid to eradicate the disease from the continent.
Administering a polio vaccine.
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West Africa:
Polio Campaign Expects to Reach 111 Million Children
WHO, 21 March 2012
Health Ministries, UN agencies and communities are uniting with tens of thousands of volunteer immunizers over four days to go door-to-door and hut to hut for a vaccination… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Polio - Pocket Challenges Still Persists
Daily Trust, 20 March 2012
India has been polio free for a year and Nigeria hopes to follow suite, marking out high risk areas where more effort is needed. But the first round of immunisation this year has… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Polio - Over 2,150 Community Mobilisers Deployed
Daily Trust, 20 March 2012
The Federal Government with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NPHCDA, UNICEF and PEI, has deployed over 2,150… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Japan Boosts Child Health in Nation With N1.24 Billion
Leadership, 21 March 2012
Japan has given a grant of Japanese Yen 600 million (approximately US $7.85 million or N1.24 billion) to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for child survival programmes… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Japan Boosts Child Healthcare With U.S.$7.8 Million
This Day, 21 March 2012
The Government of Japan Tuesday in Abuja, donated a grant of $7.85 million (N1.2 4 billion) to the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for child survival programmes… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt Declares Emergency On Polio Eradication
Leadership, 2 March 2012
The Federal Government has declared a state of emergency on polio eradication while new cases will be treated as emergency. Read more »
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