Polio

The Coordinating Minister of MIN Prof. Muhammad  Pate, has said that Nigeria has the potential to become a hub for local vaccine production and distribution in Africa. Pate made this known in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the Renewed…

Oral Polio vaccination for children has commenced in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria. The programme is courtesy of the state government and it kicked off in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area in the Kwara North Senatorial District.…

Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency, says the state will commence the Second Round Oral Polio Immunisation on July 22 to 25. Elelu stated this during her presentation at the 2023…

Burundi’s health authorities have launched the country’s first national polio vaccination campaign since 2011, targeting nearly 3 million children under seven years of age following the first alerts of circulating poliovirus type 2 in more…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launches its first major immunization campaign against polio. They are set to carry this out using the novel polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), to protect children against the devastating…

The Federal Government on Thursday said that Nigeria is determined to eradicate the Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus Type 2 in 2023. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development…

Lagos State Government, in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has started Polio Outbreak Response (OBR) Campaign following discovery of circulating poliovirus strains in the state. The…

As Nigeria celebrates 3rd year of Wild Polio Eradication and Certification by World Health Organisation, WHO and UNICEF, the US Center for Disease Control and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged more commitment to all…

A campaign to vaccinate more than nine million children against polio was launched this week in four southern and eastern African countries after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. The emergency immunization campaign began in Malawi,…

The Expert Review Committee of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has been charged to sustain Nigeria's polio-free status. READ ALSO: No case of Wild Polio Virus in Nigeria – NPHCDA The Executive…