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Polio Eradication

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World Polio Day 2022: Is Polio Becoming a Wicked Problem?

By Vivianne Ihekweazu
October 24, 2022
5 Mins read
“While polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere” — Ian Riseley, President, The Rotary Foundation Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August…
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Maintaining Nigeria’s Wild Poliovirus-Free Status: A Critical Step for Long Life for All

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 27, 2022
4 Mins read
By Onyinye Oranezi and Thelma Chioma Abeku (Lead Writers) The launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) a little over three…
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Torchlight

AVADAR: How digital health fast-tracked Nigeria's drive to eradicate polio

By Umar Kabo Idris
October 5, 2020
6 Mins read
Polio, a contagious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus is transmitted primarily when stool from someone infected contaminates foods, drinks or water…
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Nigeria: The long crawl to polio eradication - Op-Ed

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 27, 2019
8 Mins read
Editor’s Note: Today’s piece is an OpEd from renowned Virologist and Chair of Nigeria Expert Review Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication and Routine…
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Torchlight

The last mile: On the frontlines of polio eradication in Kano State

By Bashar Abubakar
August 20, 2018
9 Mins read
In August 2016, the last poliovirus case in Nigeria was diagnosed in Monguno Local Government Area in the North-Eastern state of Borno….
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Nigeria interrupts Polio, but the fight is not over

By Ifeanyi Nsofor
July 21, 2015
4 Mins read
Nigeria is about to cross an important milestone in its fight to eradicate polio. July 24th will mark one year since the…
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