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Thought Leadership

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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Thought Leadership

Transitioning Polio Emergency Operations Centres to Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Security.

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 17, 2022
4 Mins read
By Ibukun Oguntola and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Emergency Operations Centres, first used in Nigeria during the national polio response, were valuable…
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Torchlight Africa

Here’s How Malawi Responded to Wild Poliovirus 30 Years After Eradication

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 23, 2022
5 Mins read
By Josephine Chinele (Lead Writer) Her priest’s announcement was enough reason for Cecelia Yohane, a resident of Nchalo Chikwawa, to have her…
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Torchlight

Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State

By Bashar Abubakar
January 17, 2022
5 Mins read
Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free in August 2020, however, despite Nigeria’s wild poliovirus free status, the country is still experiencing the…
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Thought Leadership

World Polio Day 2021: Delivering on a Promise of a Polio-Free World

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 27, 2021
4 Mins read
By Gabriel Oke and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) All diseases are devastating but poliomyelitis (polio), a scourge that impacted many countries, was…
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Thought Leadership

Nigeria is wild poliovirus free. What next?

By Bashar Abubakar
November 3, 2020
4 Mins read
On August 25, 2020 Nigeria and the African continent received what was undoubtedly cheering news amid a very turbulent year — the country and…
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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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Press Release

Africa eradicates wild poliovirus

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 26, 2020
2 Mins read
Brazzaville, 25 August 2020– The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared on Tuesday that the World Health Organization…
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Torchlight

Getting to 100 percent: Enugu's fight to maintain its polio free status

By Patrick Egwu
March 2, 2020
5 Mins read
Veronica Asogwa is a petty trader in Abakpa Nike, one of the largest suburbs in Enugu State, southeast Nigeria. When the state…
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Health

Lessons from Kaduna: improving immunisation coverage through local emergency coordination centres

By Bashar Abubakar
September 30, 2019
5 Mins read
In the last three decades, the world has gone through a long and tough road in the push to eradicate the crippling…
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Torchlight

All hands on deck in Kano State as Nigeria on track to being declared polio-free

By Adam Alqali
July 8, 2019
15 Mins read
Just five years ago, Kano State was arguably the epicenter of Nigeria’s polio virus epidemic, accounting for over 80% of total cases…
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Thought Leadership

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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PolioThought Leadership

Is this Nigeria’s Last Lap to Polio Freedom?

By Nigeria Health Watch
February 20, 2019
3 Mins read
In about six months, Nigeria will achieve what will arguably be one of her recent greatest public health achievements; being declared polio-free….
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Thought LeadershipUHC

Health is Primary and Universal: Priorities for Nigeria’s Health Sector in 2019

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 11, 2019
8 Mins read
2019 in Nigeria is going to be quite a significant year, given the hotly contested presidential election taking place on February 16th…
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