Browsing: Polio vaccination

This is another great initiative of the Convener of Arise Women, a statement by her Media Office on Friday said.

According to a statement posted on the WHO Regional Office website, the attainment of polio free status had not debarred Nigeria from increasing its efforts on polio vaccination.

Around 40 million children are to be vaccinated for the crippling disease, which has been eradicated around the world aside from in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where it remains prevalent.

Victims of Polio in Niger State have called on the state government to fund its association to enable members move into the hinterlands to enlighten the populace on the dangers of rejecting rejecting polio vaccination.

The Lagos State Government says it has uncovered a plot by a non-governmental organisation by administering harmful vaccines to children to disrupt the ongoing polio vaccination in the state.