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  • Polio: WHO urges parents to embrace immunisation

    Polio: WHO urges parents to embrace immunisation

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on parents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to ensure that children are immunised against polio virus to secure their future. Dr Furera Zakari, the WHO state coordinator for FCT, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday. According…

  • Polio: C/River Govt. targets 808,470 children for immunisation

    Polio: C/River Govt. targets 808,470 children for immunisation

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Cross River Government on Sunday said it is targeting no fewer than 808, 470 children across the state for the Second Round of the 2018 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDS). Dr. Betta Edu, Director General, Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency, made the disclosure in Calabar during the flag-off of the programme by the…

  • Germany, Nigeria sign N14bn agreement to fight polio

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Germany and Nigeria have signed over N14 billion agreement (€29,900,000.00 Euros – N14,142,700,000.00) in support of polio eradication in the country. The agreement was signed yesterday in Abuja by top officials from both countries. German Deputy Head of Mission in Nigeria, Regine Hess, signed on behalf of the Germany Government, while Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign…

  • Africa on verge of eradicating polio – WHO

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Africa is on the verge of eradicating polio if the current momentum is sustained through improved surveillance, vaccination and public awareness, a WHO official said on Tuesday. WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said the majority of African countries are likely to be declared polio free by 2019 if they step up prevention of…

  • Polio: Jigawa targets 1.7m children for immunisation

    Polio: Jigawa targets 1.7m children for immunisation

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The Jigawa Government says it will immunise over 1.7 million children against polio in its ongoing campaign against the disease across the state. The Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHDCA), Dr Kabiru Ibrahim, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious…

  • We have not recorded any polio case in Nigeria since 2016 – FG

    We have not recorded any polio case in Nigeria since 2016 – FG

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says there has been no recent history of polio in Nigeria since August 2016. Dr Emmanuel Odu, the acting Executive Director, NPHCDA, who stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, urged the public to report any case of child with fever and sudden weakness or…

  • No polio case in Cross River – Health Commissioner

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    TheNewsGuru
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    The Cross River Government has described as falsehood, reported case of poliomyelitis in Ekpene Eki community in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. “I wish to say that the reported case of polio in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River is not true. “We just had our child and maternal health week and…