World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Nigeria for her excellent performance in interrupting the transmission of the wild polio virus in the country. The country has gone a year and half without polio and is expected to be certified polio-free next year if it continued with the trend.
The award, which was conferred on the country at the African Ministers Conference on Immunization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was received by a high level Nigerian delegation headed by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole.
The National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) yesterday appealed to resident to make their wards that are not more than five years available for immunisation.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Femi Onanuga, urged parents and care givers to ensure that their children and wards are taken to the primary health care clinics to receive vaccine and all other scheduled immunizations to protect them against the preventable killer diseases.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, described Nigeria as sterling example of how polio eradication infrastructure could be deployed to strengthen public health, citing the Ebola containment efforts as one of such.
