Tag: POLIO

51 cases of new polio variant recorded in Nigeria – WHO

Aminu Imam

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said 51 new cases of Circulating Variant Polio Virus (cVPV2) have been detected in Nigeria from January to August 13 this year. WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Walter Mulombo disclosed this during a strategic meeting in Kaduna State organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with the Sultan Foundation for traditional leaders of inaccessible communities in the North-West zone. According to him, while the disease has been detected in 15 local government areas across the country, 47 of the…

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Pakistan begins vaccination drive against polio

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Pakistan on Monday launched a vaccination drive against polio to cover the immunity gap caused by COVID-19 pandemic related disruptions to the programme aimed at eradicating the disease. The five-day immunisation drive, the third such national campaign so far in 2020, will see over 39 million children under the age of five vaccinated. “We are determined to close the immunity gap in children which had unfortunately widened because of disruption of essential services due to COVID-19 pandemic,’’ said Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health. Around…

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