The Vice President, Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) Ad Hoc Committee on National Electrification and NEC Ad Hoc Committee on Polio Eradication.
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Pakistan Health Ministry on Tuesday said the country recorded another polio case, increasing the overall number to 50 in 2024.
The Kwara State Government said it recorded two cases of Circulating Variant Polio Viruses (CVDPs) in Idofian Ward 2 and Kpada Ward in Patigi Ifelodun local government areas respectively.
Rotary Club’s District Chairperson on Campaign against Polio, Dr Khadijat Yusuf has said that over 90 per cent of Nigeria population have come to accept and believe in polio vaccine.
A Consultant Virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has urged government at all levels to ensure provision of the materials and conducive environment needed to eradicate polio disease out of the country.
The Deputy Incident Manager of National Polio Emergency Operations, Dr Idowu Audu on Saturday said Nigeria has been consuming 70 percent of the world’s polio vaccines without significant results.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said the circulating variant of polio virus type 2 has decreased by 38 per cent in Nigeria within a year.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that nearly 2.3 million children in Nigeria have not received routine immunisation (zero dose), making them at risk of polio outbreak.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has called for urgent action to fully eradicate polio in Nigeria, in spite of the significant 58 per cent reduction in poliovirus type 2 cases between 2023 and 2024.
The Borno government has restated its commitment to maintain its polio-free status with the launch of the fourth round of Outbreak Response (OBR4) polio vaccination campaign in the state.