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.
REAL LIFE
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“I don’t consider that my energy has squandered in vain until North Eastern Nigeria is “emancipated” from Polio. I have seen many children being crippled for life by polio, a virus that could have been prevented by immunization and this by all means is unacceptable!"
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"Give me a wheel chair to make me a doctor," begged Sakina, a twelve-year-old girl of Lulu settlement in Kudai Ward of Dutse LGA in Jigawa state.
Sakina, a beautiful and cheerful girl was crippled by polio in July 2003.
Broken dreams offer hope and a voice » by our colleague Chima E. Onueke, WHO Abuja
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As a child, Aminu and his best friend shared a dream – to be officers in the Nigerian Army. Today Aminu’s friend is colonel, based in Kano. But Aminu never had that chance, stricken with polio as a boy, he became severely crippled with no chance for a military career.
Voices from the Field : "Give me a wheel chair to make me a doctor", by Jane Magoba Nyanzi
No rest until North Eastern Nigeria is “emancipated” from Polio, by Fikru Daka
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Zamfara, 2nd April 2012 - Saudutu, 37, and mother of three children, is a vaccinator from a remote village of Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Like tens of thousands of others across the country, she is currently going door-to-door to vaccinate millions of children in four days.
Polio eradication: nationwide immunization campaign in Nigeria