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Nigerian state secures $82m to fight Polio
The Federal Government has secured a $82 million credit facility from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to eradicate polio.
Information Minister Labaran Maku...
Meeting the challenges in the race to fight Polio
By Obi Ebuka Onochie
On the 27th November 1999, a house wife in a remote village of Jigawa state, Mrs. Amina Abubakar called on her...
Sultan Sets Up 7-member Committee on Polio Eradication
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, has set up a seven-member committee to ensure the success of the last lap of...
Special Attention Needed to Reduce HIV/AIDS
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged concerted efforts to reduce the national prevalence of HIV/AIDS from the current 3.4 per cent to...
Total polio eradication is possible in Ghana
Ghana has made significant strides in the eradication of poliomyelitis, Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang, Director of Public Health at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Health Directorate, said...
