This was contained in a document signed by the Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin Countries
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The minister made this known while briefing the Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases on Thursday in Abuja
Chan said: “This set back in no way undermines the tremendous job done by the Nigerian Government in getting down to zero case
The Adamawa State Government has apologised to the World Health Organisation over misinformation on the state’s polio status. The apology…
He said: “It is very unfortunate to describe all efforts of government and partners fighting against polio in the state as ‘mere chance occurrence’
The statement said that Nigeria reached the feat following one year without a new case of the wild virus, adding that the last wild polio case on the African continent was in August 2014
The fund’s Health Specialist in Abuja, Ranganai Matema, made the remark in Illela, headquarters of Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, when she addressed the members of a non-profit group, Journalists Against Polio
It is with great pleasure that I receive you and your team today on this very happy event, marking more…
Speaking at the flag off of the Polio Walk tagged: “End Polio Now Mega Rally,” to mark the World Polio Day held at the Government House, Ilorin, in conjunction with Rotary International, Governor Ahmed promised to intensify efforts towards sustaining the gains of polio eradication in the state and Nigeria in general
President Muhammadu Buhari declared on Saturday in Abuja that his Administration will do all within its powers to ensure that…
However, communities at all levels have been called upon to avoid anything capable of jeopardizing their health and show out any information contrary to the one given to them by a health worker
He said the effort was also aimed at sustaining routine immunisation for children and women of reproductive age, adding that the programme was approved on Friday in Washington DC, US
The funds will be used by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund to support polio immunization campaigns, research and surveillance in the country
The Chairman of the State Task Force Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunisation and Deputy Governor, Hon. Ahmed Musa Ibeto, said during a media briefing to mark the World Polio Eradication Day in Minna that each year, N115 million is released to the committee from a pool of funds to conduct its programmes
The funds – part of Rotary’s broader contribution of $44.7 million to end the paralyzing disease worldwide – will be used by UNICEF and the World Health Organization to support high quality polio immunization campaigns in Nigeria
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Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, explained during the ceremony that the loan would be used to purchase vaccines
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Minister of Health, explained during the ceremony that the loan would be used to purchase vaccines
The commissioner, who spoke through the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Shehu Usman, also disclosed that 160 cases of measles were recorded in 30 local government areas of the state
The Health Ministry said the girl became paralysed and she was diagnosed as the nation’s first polio case in more than 10 years