Nigeria approves $150 mln World Bank loan to fight polio

ABUJA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria has approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale up immunisation, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Wednesday. After a global effort to wipe out polio, there were just 22 cases on earth last year, down from 350,000 30 years ago, according […]

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’31 million children get immunised against polio in Nigeria’

No fewer than 31 million children in north of Nigeria were immunised at the end of third round of polio immunization in October this year. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said on Friday that aggressive immunization was carried out in the north to stop the transmission of wild polio virus. Adewole who presided […]

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