Tag Archive | Polio
Over 100m Nigerians ‘risk yellow fever
Over 100 million Nigerians are presently at risk of yellow fever, the chairman, Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication in Nigeria, Prof. Oyewole Tomori, has said. Speaking at a Stakeholders Meeting on the Preparation for Mass Vaccination against Yellow Fever in Nigeria, organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), he said children […]
Nigeria records new polio case amid N169b funding gap
// // AS Nigeria prepares to reach over 50 million children aged zero to five years with 55 million doses of trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV) between Saturday March 31 and Tuesday April 3, 2012, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has confirmed a new case of type one Wild Polio Virus (WPV1). Also, […]