By Aluta News Oct. 17, 2022 U.S. billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Monday said he was ready to have a meeting with the Taliban if it would help eradicate poliomyelitis in Afghanistan. “Honestly,… Bill Gates ready to meet with Taliban to help Afghanistan eradicate polio
By Aluta News Feb. 18, 2022 In Africa, the landlocked country of Malawi has reported the first wild polio outbreak on the continent in several years. The wild type 1 poliovirus was discovered in a… WHO reports first wild polio outbreak in Africa in years
By Aluta News Jan. 13, 2022 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) insists there is no outbreak of Wild Polio Virus in some states of the federation. The NPHCDA said there had not… NPHCDA denies wild polio virus reports in some states
By Aluta News Sept 6, 2021 The Representative of the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria, Dr Peter Hawkins, has disclosed that a massive outbreak of vaccine-derived polio has been reported in Nigeria. Hawkins… 120 outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio reported in Nigeria
By Aluta News Aug 14, 2021 The Adamawa Government has confirmed the reemergence and detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 case in the state. Prof. Abdullahi Isa, the stateCommissioner for Health and Human… Polio resurfaces in Adamawa, 1 case detected – Official