Nigeria: Canadian Govt Demonstrates Commitment to Fight Polio in Nigeria
[This Day] To further demonstrate commitment of Canadian government to the fight against polio virus and strengthen routine immunisation (RI), the Director General West and Central African Bureau, Global Affairs Canada, Mr Tarik Khan, joined the Niger State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SPHCDA) and WHO staff during the polio house-to-house vaccination exercise recently. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 21, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Angola: Second Stage of Polio Vaccination Kicks Off
[ANGOP] Luanda -The second stage of polio vaccination campaign is kicking off this Friday in five provinces of Angola, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 15, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Angola: Armed Forces Join Polio Vaccination Campaign
[ANGOP] Luanda -Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) are expected to join the first stage of the vaccination campaign against polio, to be conducted on November 15-17, the Health minister, Silvia Lutukuta, said on Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 5, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zambia: Alarm as Zambia Reports First Polio Case Since in 24 Years
[Nation] Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995 after a two-year-old boy was paralysed by a virus derived from the vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 28, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Another Polio Strain Eradicated
[Premium Times] It is good news from the health sector as experts have announced that another strain of wild poliovirus has been eradicated globally. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 25, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: WHO Celebrates Eradication of Polio Virus Type Three Worldwide
[This Day] Abuja -World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed the global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 25, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Somalia: Somalia Anti-Polio Programme Bearing Fruits
[Dalsan Radio] The Somalia Polio Programme has not confirmed any new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) since 8 May 2019. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 23, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Valuable Lessons From Nigeria's Marathon Effort to Eradicate Polio
[The Conversation Africa] The theme for World Health Day in 1995 was "Target 2000 -- A World Without Polio". I delivered a lecture titled "Polio Eradication Race: Will Nigeria Finish Last?" to mark the occasion. Finishing last seemed likely because in the 1990s Nigeria's routine immunisation rates were in the 30%-40% range for all vaccine preventable diseases. Countries in Southern and East Africa that had eradicated polio had coverage in the 80%-90% range. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 20, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: LG Chairman Bags Bill Award for Eradicate Polio
[Daily Trust] Maiduguri -The Gubio Caretaker-Chairman local government area of Borno state, Hon. Zanna Modu Gubio, has won the Best Chairman Polio Achievement Award in the Nigeria Chairman Immunisation Leadership Challenge. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 18, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Seeking to Toss Polio Into Dustbin of Medical History
[Daily News] AUTHORITIES in Kagera are working on initiatives to conduct measles-rubella and polio vaccinations targeting over 800,000 children under five years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 17, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Uganda: More Than 18 Million Children in Uganda to Be Immunized
[WHO] Uganda is set to immunize more than 18 million children against measles and rubella, which amounts to 43% of the country's population. Among them, 8.2 million children younger than 9 months, or 20.5% of the population, will also receive the oral polio vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 15, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kicking Out Polio From Nigeria
[This Day] There is need to intensify efforts to route the crippling disease (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 14, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Dar Embarks On Rubella, Measles, Polio Campaign
[Daily News] TANZANIA is set to conduct a nationwide measles -rubella and polio vaccination campaign mid this month, targeting children under five years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - October 7, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: 989,558 Children vaccinated Against polio in GT Accra
[Ghanaian Times] About 989,558 children under five years, in the Greater Accra Region, have been vaccinated, following the polio virus outbreak in Agbogbloshie last month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 20, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: New Vaccine May Help Stamp Out Remaining Polio Cases
[Namibian] PUBLIC health organisations around the world have been fighting for global eradication of polio since 1988. Through massive vaccination efforts, the incidence of polio has gone down 99% since then, with the virus eradicated from most countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 18, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
