polio
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Dr Idowu Audu, the Deputy Incident Manager of National Polio Emergency Operations, on Saturday said Nigeria has been consuming 70 percent of the world’s polio vaccines without significant results. Audu, while speaking in Ilorin during a meeting of experts, lamented that while the country was consuming most of the world’s polio vaccines, the virus has…
1 day ago
The Federal Government has initiated a new immunisation strategy tagged ‘Identify, Enumerate and Vaccinate (IEV)’ to enable it track and vaccinate chronically missed children.
2 days ago
Some music stars and celebrity actors from across West and Central Africa have released a new song titled “No More Zero Dose” to help bring childhood immunisation back on track. This is contained in a statement by UNICEF made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. The song, which was released in commemoration of World…
3 days ago
About 83 cases of Circulating Variant Poliovirus Type 2 (cVPVD2) have been recorded in the country this year. Consequently, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called on the federal government to increase immunization coverage and intensify efforts to stop the cVPVD2 transmission, particularly in the Axis of Intractable Transmission (AIT) states of Katsina, Kano,…
12 Sep
More than 100 Pakistan police who provide security for polio vaccination teams in restive border areas went on strike Thursday after a string of deadly militant attacks this week. Police officers who are routinely deployed to protect polio workers going door-to-door frequently come under attack by militants waging a war against security forces. Hundreds of…
7 Sep
Nigeria’s fight to eradicate polio has been threatened following the re-emergence of the poliovirus type 2 variant. This was disclosed in a meeting in Abuja. It was attended by authorities, global partners, and northern traditional leaders to strengthen efforts against the disease, particularly in under-immunized areas. Nigeria eradicated wild polio in 2020, but between January…
4 Sep
Chairperson of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has commended the efforts of Northern traditional leaders in ensuring an increased uptake of immunisation in the region. Speaking at the Northern Traditional Leaders’ Committee on Primary Health Care Service Delivery (NTLC) quarterly review meeting, organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Tuesday in…