Fear of new Polio case in Cross River
Officials said the case cannot yet be confirmed as Polio.
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INTERVIEW: Nigeria’s health minister speaks on resident doctors, polio, tuberculosis, budget, transparency, others
"I cannot force Oyo or any of these states that have financial hardship to pay you(resident doctors), we can only ...
INTERVIEW: How we protected 5,700 Nigerian children from polio paralysis – NPHCDA Executive Director
Emmanuel Odu spoke about how his agency handles immunisation, the plans to revitalise primary healthcare centres and other pertinent health ...
WHO donates Polio Modular Laboratory to UCH
“The Department of Virology, UI, is important in the fight against polio," WHO said.
Nigerian lawmakers lament shortage of vaccine for polio, tuberculosis
Moving the motion earlier, Mr. Okafor expressed concern that millions of lives were at risk.
Yobe government establishes polio response centers in border communities
The centres will check influx of unimmunized children.
Nigeria releases N9.8 billion for polio immunisation – Official
Three children were paralyzed by the disease in Borno.
Polio: Gombe to immunize over 900,000 children
Two cases were confirmed in Borno State.
WHO commends Nigeria’s handling of fresh polio outbreak
The world health body praises Nigeria’s prompt response.
Polio Outbreak: Nigerian govt, UNICEF begin emergency immunisation, target 5 million children
The government on Thursday confirmed two new cases of polio in Borno State.
Nigeria’s polio-free certification suffers setback as new cases are confirmed
The government has announced an emergency response plan after two cases were detected in Borno.
Buhari wins Polio Eradication Champion Award
Rotary recognizes President Buhari for Nigeria’s commitment to ending polio
Plateau immunizes 700,000 children against polio
No polio case has been recorded in Nigeria in the last 17 months.
Jigawa to immunize 184,302 children against polio
Over 61,000 doses of vaccines have been provided for the exercise.
Buhari welcomes Nigeria’s removal from list of polio-endemic countries
The president urges continued vigilance.
Nigeria removed from list of polio-endemic countries
Only Afghanistan and Pakistan remain on the list of polio-endemic countries.
Nigeria can’t afford a reversal of polio gains – Buhari
The president tells governor to rally available resources to end the scourge.
Buhari vaccinates grandchild, says Nigeria committed to eradicating polio
President Buhari says the Federal Government would commit resources to ensure polio eradication
Nigeria closer to defeating polio
Nigeria will be declared polio free if there are no new cases till 2017.
Nigeria set for polio-free certification January – Minister
: No case of polio has been recorded in Nigeria in the last six months
Nigeria gets N14 billion loan from Japan to eradicate polio
“It is my hope that with the loan, polio will be interrupted this year,” Mr. Chukwu said. The Federal Government ...
Kano records 2 cases of polio in 2014 – Official
The affected councils are Tarauni and Gaya local government areas. The Kano State Government recorded two fresh cases of wild ...
Nigeria infected but not exporting polio virus – WHO
The international spread of the disease poses a risk for new wild polio virus exportation in 2014. Nigeria has been ...
Nigeria winning war against polio – Report
Only one case of wild polio virus was reported in the first two months of 2014. A report released by ...
Controversy trails Nigeria’s stance on adequate stock of children vaccines
The NPHCDA had complained of inadequate vaccine. Three months after raising the alarm of a potential shortage of immunization vaccines ...
