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
Africa: Africa Set to Banish Polio
[Daily Trust] Wednesday last week marked three years since Nigeria's last documented case of polio, which was also the last case recorded in Africa. This means the African continent is set to be certified free of the virus by the World Health Organization, WHO. "This is a dramatic change from 2012 when the country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, with 223 victims," WHO said. Nigeria is the last country in Africa to have witnessed a case of polio in Borno State. Outside of Nigeria, the last case (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 16, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Ghana: GHS Starts Polio Response Vaccination in Greater Accra
[Ghana Govt.] The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has started a polio vaccination campaign in the Greater Accra region. The campaign, which started on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, will end on Saturday, September 14, 2019. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 12, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'Vaccine Derived Polio' Won't Stop Nigeria From Being Certified Free - Official
[Premium Times] The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will not suffer a setback in the success recorded on wild polio eradication in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 11, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Africa Polio Eradication On Brink
[SciDev.Net] Abuja -Africa is on the brink of being declared officially polio free after Nigeria, the continent's last remaining infected country, marked three years without any new cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - September 5, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tanzania: Searching for Polio in Unusual Places in Tanzania
[WHO] "I have been a sewerage operator for more than 20 years now," says Fundi Mzee, smiling as he leaves his office at the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority premises for his weekly hunting expedition for polio. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 29, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: New Health 'Ministers', Polio Eradication, Others Dominate Health Stories Last Week
[Premium Times] The health sector at the local and international levels experienced many activities and developments during the week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - August 26, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
