An NGO, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, has welcomed the milestone of Nigeria being free of Wild Polio Virus for three years.
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Adewole said the plans included five rounds of polio campaigns, two of which are to focus on 18 Northern states and two to be conducted nationwide, while one would be conducted in five states
Adewole said the detection of children paralyzed by polio shows that surveillance has increased with more access
‘In the last 14-months since this administration came into office, we have had a number of challenges in the drive to eradicate polio. The downturn in the economy, the frequent disruption of services by health workers, the insecurity in some of the eleven polio high risk states, are just some of the rivers we must cross to achieve our objective and protect our children against this vaccine-preventable disease’
Buari spoke during the commencement of the 5th round of Immunisation Plus Days in the state as part of effort to stem the scourge