Tag: polio

An estimated six to seven million Nigerian children of immunizable age are in danger of dying from vaccine-preventable diseases this ...

Northern states perform poorly in polio eradication Nigeria’s performance in polio eradication in 2012 and 2013 indicated that it would ...

Premium Times takes a look at the challenges ahead. Despite all odds, reports so far in the course of 2013 ...

About 46,000 children are being targeted for the immunisation in Sokoto. About 347 families in Illela Local Government Area of ...

Kano is conducting a polio awareness campaign. Victims of the polio virus in Kano on Thursday called on parents and care-givers to make ...

Bill Gates was honoured by the federal government. The incidence of polio worsened in Nigeria after the 2011 elections because ...

The political standoff between Governor Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan has assumed a dangerous dimension with the federal government ...

About four million children are expected to be immunised. The Lagos State Government has called on parents to make sure ...

 “As at August 16, 2013, Nigeria confirmed 43 wild polio virus in nine states…” The Chief Medical Officer, National Polio ...

 The commissioner lamented increased violence on aid workers. Humanitarian workers have been told to always remember their colleagues who died ...

The number of states having polio cases have reduced. With just 502 days left to Nigeria's target of putting an ...

The community had previously rejected polio immunisation. The Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, Rilwanu Mohammed, has urged the ...

In our country, magicians are not known to become ministers or CEOs of government departments. The Executive Director, National Primary ...

The president spoke in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital. President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Cameroon expressed concern about Nigeria’s polio ...

Nigeria remains one of the three countries where polio still exists. The World Health Organisation, WHO, and the United Nations ...

The Jonathan administration is committed to eliminating the wild polio virus in 2013. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, ...

The President wants to see the disease eradicated during his tenure. The President, Goodluck Jonathan, has affirmed that the Federal ...

The Sultan of Sokoto said government should grant amnesty to armed groups in Niger. The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, on ...

The global health organisation wants to help fight polio in the state. The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Monday called ...

The Ogun State Government said it wants to protect the potency of immunisation vaccines The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, ...

The minister said the disease may have been imported into the Nigerian capital. A polio case has been reported in ...

Wazobia FM journalist have been accused of inciting the killing of nine polio vaccinators in Kano State. The Nigerian government ...

The two reporters arraigned before a Senior Magistrate Court in Gyadi Gyadi, Kano were granted bail by the judge, Ibrahim ...

Gunmen on Friday morning shot about 6 polio vaccinators in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The vaccinators went ...

Nigeria is one of few countries where polio still exists. The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Agency on Monday said ...