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…
A policeman was killed in a gunshot by unidentified militants in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning, official sources said. The incident happened at about 9:20a.m. Local time (GMT 0420) in the Khyber district where the policeman, who was on duty as part of a polio vaccination campaign, was targeted. The sources from…
Afghanistan has launched its first polio vaccination campaign of 2025, aimed at protecting around 6 million children under the age of five, the Health Ministry announced on Monday. The three-day campaign will target 16 of the country’s 34 provinces, ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said. The official urged community leaders and religious scholars to support the…
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…
Gunmen shot and killed a policeman deployed on security detail for polio vaccinators in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, in yet another attack on health workers. The country struggled to contain the spread of the crippling disease. Another policeman was wounded in the attack that took place in Orakzai district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Adamawa Government have called on all stakeholders to renew their commitment in the fight against Polio in the state and Nigeria. Dr Suleiman Bashir, Executive Secretary, Adamawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADPHCDA), made the call at the commemoration of 2024 World Polio Day in Yola on Monday. Bashir said,…
Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State has taken measures to address barriers to vaccination by engaging community members to achieve positive results. The Chairman of the council, Dr Ahmed Wali, stated this at Malam-Sidi, headquarters of the local government area on Monday during the launch of Integrated Measles campaign to commemorate the 2024 World…
As Africa stands on the brink of eradicating polio, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for renewed vigilance and commitment to achieving a polio-free continent. The outgoing WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, in her World Polio Day address, reflected on the region’s significant progress while acknowledging the remaining obstacles in the…
UNICEF has announced the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children. More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on X on Monday. The World Health…
A first case of polio has occurred in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian reports. The infected individual is said to be an unvaccinated, 10-month-old infant in Deir al-Balah in the centre of the area, the Health Ministry in Ramallah announced on Friday. Tests in the Jordanian capital, Amman, have reportedly confirmed this, the ministry…
