Kano Targets Polio Eradication Timeline
The Kano state government has restated its commitment to ending the circulating polioviruses and reducing maternal mortality by June 2025. ...
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Rotary Foundation Invests $300m To Combat Polio In Nigeria
The chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Rotary International Foundation, Mark Moloney, has said that the organisation has ...
Nigeria, Others Face New Polio Outbreaks—UNICEF
Africa has seen 138 cases of poliovirus, with nearly half occurring in Nigeria, in 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund ...
Polio: UNICEF, Radio Kano Launch ‘No More Zero Dose’ Campaign
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched the ‘No More Zero Dose’ Song Campaign in Kano in collaboration with ...
WHO, Borno Gov’t Flag Off Polio Vaccination For 2, 556,423 Children
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with Borno State government and partners have flagged off the third round polio ...
Stakeholders Vow To End Polio Virus In Northern Nigeria
In the face of worrisome rise in the new cases of circulating variant Polio Virus in Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi ...
Niger Vaccinates 2m Children Against Polio
Niger State government has vaccinated two million children against poliomyelitis disease within three days of the exercise in the state ...
UNICEF Warns Bauchi Residents Against Rejecting Polio Vaccine
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has pleaded with parents and guardians in Bauchi State to allow their wards to receive ...
Tinubu Promises Support For Eradicating Polio, Measles, Malaria In Nigeria, Africa
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any ...
2 Years Of Polio Free: Emeka Offor Urges Sustenance Of Gains
Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, Sir Emeka Offor has stressed the need for the nation to bolster efforts to ...