Tag: Polio-Free

  • Sustaining Nigeria Polio-Free Status

    Sustaining Nigeria Polio-Free Status

    Recently, the World Health Organisation, W.H.O, declared Nigeria free of wild polio, following the completion of documentation for the free status. With the development, W.H.O Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus noted that the outstanding commitment and efforts that got Nigeria off the endemic list must continue, to keep Africa polio-free. According to the organization, the incidence of…

  • Ogun Governor Plants Tree To Celebrate Nigeria’s Polio Free Certification

    Ogun State Government and the World Health Organization, WHO, have launched a polio-free legacy tree planting campaign to celebrate Nigeria’s polio free certification. Speaking at the event held at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, explained that the symbolic strategy was geared towards nurturing progress achieved in polio eradication. The governor said the idea was…