Nigeria: Improving Immunisation Coverage Through Local Emergency Coordination Centres

[Nigeria Health Watch] In the last three decades, the world has gone through a long and tough road in the push to eradicate the crippling wild poliovirus disease. From more than 350,000 cases across 125 countries in 1988, the disease has been reduced to 33 cases in only two countries  -- Afghanistan and Pakistan, by the end of 2018. Nigeria, once a poliovirus endemic country has not had a case since 2016, the result of various approaches, including improvements and sustenance of immunisation activities. However, arguably
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news