The Federal Government with
the support of the Polio
Eradication Initiative partners
launched a new
communication campaign on
24th September, 2011 entitled
Polio Free Torch Campaign.
Supported by the Nigerian
Olympic Committee (NOC), this
campaign is designed to
mobilize wide support from a
variety of stakeholders at
national and state levels for the
last lap of the polio eradication
efforts in Nigeria.
As the world heads for the
London 2012 Olympic Games,
the Polio Free Torch illustrates
the determination of the
Nigerian Polio Eradication
Initiative to make the year
2012 the last year that Nigeria
witnesses a case of Polio.
LATEST NEWS
ABUJA (Nigeria), 31 July 2012 - From 7-10 July, 2012, Nigeria conducted large-scale door-to-door polio immunization campaigns in the States of Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara, targeting children under five years. Kaduna and Yobe States were forced to postpone their campaigns due to a deteriorating security situation.
Partnering with religious schools to fight against polio in Nigeria
JIGAWA (Nigeria), 29 August 2012 –To address the current upsurge of polio cases in Nigeria, UNICEF, with the support of the Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), and partners, is set to join hands with Koranic school teachers. Early in September, the Tsangaya School Strategy will be piloted in 10 high-risk local government areas of Jigawa and Zamfara States, to reduce the number of missed children during polio campaigns and help build community ownership of immunization.
Nigeria intensifies efforts to reduce the proportion of missed children during polio immunization campaigns