The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday at least 2.3 million children in Nigeria have not received routine immunization, thus putting them at risk...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that approximately 71.5% of children in Borno State have not received complete vaccination against polio. Dr....
The World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, has emphasized that despite extensive efforts to combat polio, the ongoing spread of Circulating Variant...
The Yobe State government has confirmed four new cases of polio in three local government areas, three years after the state was declared free of the...
The Adamawa State government, on Monday, announced that four new cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus have been recorded in the state. This was disclosed...
The government of Adamawa State, North-East Nigeria, on Saturday confirmed the discovery of Vaccine Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) type 2 case in the state. The state’s Commissioner...
The British government said on Wednesday it invested £1.7 billion (N867.3 billion) in efforts to tackle the wild poliovirus in Nigeria. The Senior Press and Public...
The Vaccines Head for Africa at Sanofi Pasteur, Charles Wolf, on Tuesday said the continent must continue to fight the disease by vaccinating children. Sanofi Pasteur...
Nigeria has been certified free from wild polio by the World Health Organisation (WHO) following the completion of documentation for the free status. The announcement was...
The Nigerian government has said a total sum of N9.8bn was spent to ensure the successful eradication of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the country within...
The 36 governors of the federation have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare the current economic recession in the country as a national emergency....
Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole The Federal Government has advised states to strengthen surveillance and response mechanism to polio, Lassa fever and other diseases...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it handed a better Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari than it meant it when the party took over in...
More findings have linked the return of the polio epidemic in Nigeria two years after report of its total control, to lack of proper funding of...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has launched a series of attacks on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode, in his characteristic caustic and...
The Federal Government has swung into action by directing the deployment of a national emergency response team, to prevent the spread of the polio virus following...
The Federal Government has swung into action by directing the deployment of a national emergency response team, to prevent the spread of the polio virus following...
