Adamawa Kicks Off Anti-Polio Campaign Aiming to Vaccinate 1.2 Million Children
Adamawa State has set aside 1.4 million doses of vaccine in its fresh anti-polio campaign targeting 1.2 million children. The state has mobilised 1,685 teams of...
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Niger Stakeholders Renew Their Pledge to Eliminate Polio
Stakeholders in Niger State have reaffirmed their commitment to eradicating poliomyelitis and improving child immunisation coverage in the state. Speaking at an...
Benue Government Immunizes 300 Yelewata IDPs Against Measles and Polio
The Benue State Government has announced that over 300 children residing in the temporary Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp for Yelewata residents have b...
Polio immunization: Sensitization campaign helped us to overcome resistance in Kano – Educator
The Health Educator of Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) in Kano State, Bello Jafaru, says community sensitization and strong support from traditional leaders...
Adamawa commences polio vaccination targeting 1.3m children
Adamawa State on Saturday commenced the June 2025 oral polio vaccination targeting over 1.3 million children aged 0â59 months.The state government explained a...
UNICEF chief raises alarm over resurgence of polio in Lagos
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised the alarm over the resurgence of polio in Lagos State.DAILY POST reports that Celine Lafoucriere, Chief o...
Polio: Immunization is safe – Jigawa monarch tells subjects
The Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Muhammad Hamim Nuhu Sanusi has disputed misconceptions that the polio vaccine was intended to stop women from giving birth.He stated t...
Kano govt threatens action against parents refusing polio vaccination
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has warned parents against refusing polio vaccination for their children, vowing firm action anyone obstructing the ongoing immunisati...
FCT health workers to join polio vaccination exercise amid strike
Health workers in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, currently on strike, have agreed to allow their members to participate in the polio i...
4.1 million children to receive polio vaccination in Kano
The Kano State Government has announced plans to vaccinate over 4.1 million children against polio in a statewide campaign scheduled for April 24 to 30, 2025.Th...
Non-vaccination: Over 556,000 Bauchi children at risk of polio – UNICEF warns
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the high number of unvaccinated children in Bauchi State, revealing that 556,000 children in...