Gordon McInally, president of Rotary International, says the federal government should be vigilant to ensure that polio does not return to Nigeria. McInally spoke on Friday while addressing State House
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EHealth Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has established emergency operation centres in Kebbi and Zamfara states to support the fight against polio disease. Judith Owoicho, communications manager of eHealth Africa, said
In May 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared polio a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The WHO defines a PHEIC as an extraordinary event determined to constitute
After African heads of state committed themselves to eradicating polio during the 32nd Ordinary Session of the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Yaounde, Cameroon in 1996, it took
Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says COVID-19 and insecurity are fuelling re-emerging poliovirus variants in Nigeria. On August 25, 2020,
Kunle Adeyanju, the biker who rode from London to Lagos to create awareness on polio, on Thursday, visited Vice-President Yemi
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type one after
The Adamawa government has confirmed the detection of the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV) in the state. The development
Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has called on political leaders to take the AstraZeneca vaccine in the public glare
Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says Africa needs to shift focus from single diseases
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