Nigeria: Polio Outbreak - Aug 2016 Updates

Overview This snapshot summarizes the Nigeria’s progress in polio transition. It outlines the government’s vision to keep Nigeria polio-free and to sustain the network set up to eradicate polio to...

Borno, 15 December, 2022 - One of the 36 States in Nigeria, had been experiencing incessant power outages since 2020, leaving some locations in the state in total darkness, due to the disruption of...

As 2022 draws to a close, independent technical bodies from key epi-centres dive deep on what it will take to achieve success in 2023 2022 may well go down in history as the year of contrasts in the...

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Abuja, 18 December, 2020 - To buoy up the immunity of eligible children, the Federal Government of Nigeria supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners vaccinated over 23...

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The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for polio eradication will host its 19thmeeting via video conference from 17 – 19 November 2020 to discuss overall situation report; ongoing COVID-19 impact,...

Maiduguri, 2 November, 2020 - Despite Nigeria having achieved the wild polio-free certification, the Federal Government with the collaboration of other partners is leaving no stones unturned in...

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Abuja, 23 October, 2020 - On 25 August 2020, health workers and survivors in Nigeria celebrated the end of wild poliovirus in the country. They joined the entire Africa region in a joyous online...

Rotary's 2020 World Polio Day Online Global Update programme on 24 October hails this year's historic achievement in polio eradication: Africa being declared free of the wild poliovirus. Paralympic...

World Polio Day is around the corner! Observed on the 24 October, the theme for 2020 is “A win against polio is a win for global health.” Mark your calendar to tune in for Rotary International’s...

The twenty-sixth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on theinternational spread of poliovirus was convened and opened by the WHO Deputy...

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Aperçu de la situation et des besoins humanitaires COVID-19 : • Au 12 octobre, sur les 20 155 cas de COVID-19 confirmés, 58,5 % sont des hommes et 41,5 % des femmes, 19 831 personnes (98,9 %) se sont...

Dear polio eradication supporter, last month I was delighted to join a very long-awaited celebration at the WHO African Regional Committee of a global public health milestone… Read more of Polio...

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From 30 August to 3 September, Somalia conducted an integrated measles and polio campaign in the Banadir region -- the first immunization campaign held since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Somalia...

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