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UNICEF Raises Alarm Over Rising Polio Cases In Kano

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over the increasing number of polio cases in Kano State. UNICEF’s Kano Chief of Field Office, Mr Rahma Farah, raised the alarm during an orientation for 44 Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen and district heads on polio eradication, routine immunisation, and primary healthcare (PHC) services. Farah…

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Pakistan Records 50th Polio Case In 2024

Pakistan Health Ministry on Tuesday said the country recorded another polio case, increasing the overall number to 50 in 2024. The new case was reported from the country’s northwest Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province as health officials confirmed the detection of type 1 wild poliovirus in a 20-month-old girl. The polio case was…

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