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WR (Left) with the Honorable Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello Content provided by Last updated: 2 hours ago With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The...

Nigeria’s FCT Minister pledges support for implementation of Polio Transition Plan to sustain legacy Format WR (Left) with the Honorable Minister of Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello © WHO/OGBEIDE E. Abuja, 12 May, 2021 - With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting held on 1...

Members of the TIMB include: Sir Liam Donaldson (Former Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Professor Sheila Leatherman, CBE, Hon RCP, Professor of Global Health Policy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina; Dr Boluwatife Oluwafunmilola Lola-Dare, President, Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development, CHESTRAD Global; and Dr Senjuti Saha, Scientist, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF). "The COVID-19 work of the Polio Programme has opened up insights and opport...

All the newborns should be taken to booths and administered polio drops so that the state and the country remain free of the disease, UP CM said .Despite India being polio-free, the danger of the disease coming from the polio-infected countries still remains, he said

URL copied National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled to January 31 The National Polio immunisation programme, as part of which children in the age group of 0-5 years are administered polio drops, has been rescheduled to January 31. Earlier, the Centre had deferred the drive till further notice. The National Immunisation Day (NID), commonly known as Pulse Polio Immunisation programme, was scheduled for January 17 across India. The Union Health Ministry has communicated the decision to defer the polio immunisation programme to all states through a letter on January 9. "This is...