Angola: Angola Registers Three Cases of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola registered, in the last eight months, three cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, at a time when Africa is about to declare the eradication of wild polio, announced last Tuesday, in Luanda, the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Polio-Free Nigeria - Gates, Dangote, Others Hail Achievement
[Premium Times] Billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have hailed the declaration of Nigeria by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being polio-free. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Sierra Leone Celebrates Africa's Landmark Achievement Against Polio
[WHO] FREETOWN, 25 August 2020 - Sierra Leone is celebrating a strategic landmark public health achievement in Africa as the continent is certified today by the World Health Organization, to be free of wild poliovirus transmission. The announcement was made at the virtual session of the 70th Regional Committee for Africa, which is the Organization's highest decision-making body on health policy in Africa. The Committee comprises of Ministers of Health from each of the 47 WHO Member States in the Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: We Can Defeat Covid-19 As We Defeated Wild Polio - Buhari
[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja said African countries could defeat COVID-19 pandemic the same way it defeated the wild Polio virus on the continent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Sanofi Reinforces Commitment As WHO Africa Region Becomes Free of Wild Poliovirus
[Premium Times] The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), the body responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the WHO Africa Region (WHO-Afro), has granted the region 'wild poliovirus free' status. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: How Nigeria Eliminated Wild Polio Virus - Buhari
[Premium Times] Nigeria used data systems, community engagement and innovative technology to monitor and predict the occurrence of polio outbreaks as part of the country's efforts to eliminate the disease, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Like Polio, We Can Defeat Covid-19 - Buhari
[Vanguard] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari expressed optimism that African countries can defeat the coronavirus pandemic, in the same manner, it eradicated the Wild Polio Virus on the continent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO, UNICEF, Laud Nigeria On Ending Wild Poliovirus
[Vanguard] The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children Fund, on Tuesday, lauded Nigeria on being declared free of the wild poliovirus, stressing that achieving this milestone is not the end, as children under five years must continue to be vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO, UNICEF Congratulate Nigeria On Polio-Free Status
[Vanguard] The World Health Organisation, WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, have congratulated Nigeria on being declared free of wild polio virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Wild Polio Eradication in Africa Excites Buhari, Says Covid-19 Will Also Be Defeated
[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said African countries could defeat COVID-19 pandemic the same way it overcame the Wild Polio Virus on the continent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: The Eradication of Polio Holds Lessons For Beating Covid-19
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] This hard-won public health milestone shows how communities hold the keys to ending diseases such as the new coronavirus (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Creating a Great Polio Legacy in the African Region
[allAfrica] "Could you patent the sun?" That was the acclaimed reply from Dr. Jonas Salk when asked whether he'd be patenting his breakthrough polio vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Buhari, Health Workers, Other Nigerian 'Heroes' Who Helped Defeat Polio
[Premium Times] Nigeria will on Tuesday receive its Wild Polio Virus (WPV) free certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO), following approval from Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC). (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO - Insurgency Denied 500,000 Children Polio Immunisation
[This Day] Abuja -- The World Health Organisation has raised the alarm that 500,000 children were denied access to immunisation from the wild poliovirus in 2016, due to insurgency in the North-east. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Polio Eradication - a "Battle I Fought with Undiluted Passion" - Professor Oyewale Tomori
[WHO] At 74, Professor Oyewale Tomori is the leading virologist who helped spearhead Nigeria's efforts to kick polio out of the country, a feat that was accomplished in June 2020 after decades of efforts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
