Nigeria Reports Polio Cases, Two Years After Last Outbreak : newsweek

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Nigeria Reports Polio Cases, Two Years After Last Outbreak

Nigeria Reports Polio Cases, Two Years After Last Outbreak

Two Nigerian children have been left paralyzed after contracting the wild poliovirus in the northeastern Borno state, in the first cases reported since 2014.Nigeria's Health Minister Isaac Adewole confirmed Thursday that two children from the Gwoze and Jere areas of Borno had been infected with the virus and that a national emergency response plan had been activated that would see 1 million children across Borno state immediately immunized.Adewole added that the immunization effort would extend to the neighboring states of Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe, bringing the number of children vaccinated to around 5 million.Try Newsweek for only $1.25 per weekThe West African country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide in 2012, but Nigeria has made huge efforts to eliminate the virus and in July celebrated two years without a case.


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Two New Polio Cases In Nigeria Are The First Detected In Africa In More Than Two Years

Two New Polio Cases In Nigeria Are The First Detected In Africa In More Than Two Years

Polio Rears Its Head Again In Africai toggle caption David P. Gilkey/NPR David P. Gilkey/NPRHealth officials in Nigeria are gearing up for a massive emergency polio immunization drive after two children were paralyzed by the disease.The two new polio cases in Nigeria are the first detected on the African continent in more than 2 years.Nigerian health officials plan to vaccinate nearly 5 million kids across the northeast of the country in an effort to contain this latest outbreak.The re-emergence of polio in Nigeria is a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.


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Nigeria Announces Emergency Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign

Nigeria Announces Emergency Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign

Nigeria has announced an emergency mass polio vaccination campaign after two children have been paralysed by the disease in Borno state, the BBC reports.Polio is a highly infectious disease mainly affecting children under the age of five and can cause fevers, vomiting, headaches, back pain and paralysis.It was once widespread in the continent, but there has not been a case in Africa for more than two years.The government is now planning on immunizing one million children in Borno – a state in north-eastern Nigeria that is regularly raided by militant group Boko Haram – and a further four million in neighboring states.


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Nigeria To Start Emergency Polio Vaccinations

Nigeria To Start Emergency Polio Vaccinations

Nigeria is planning to roll out emergency polio vaccinations starting late August after reporting two new cases of the disease, UNICEF said Friday.The new cases represent a major health setback for Nigeria, which was on track to be certified free of the virus next year, and highlights the difficulty of providing basic health services to people in the impoverished northeast region ravaged by Boko Haram insurgents.The Nigerian government has "moved into emergency outbreak response mode", UNICEF spokesperson Priyanka Khanna said in a statement."Planning for a large scale campaign is in place," Khanna said, "The first campaign will start on 27 August, targeting 1.3 million children.Subsequently two further rounds will be conducted, at two-to-three week intervals, reaching four-to-five million children."Vaccination campaigns are also being planned in neighbouring countries with a focus on the Lake Chad region and northern Cameroon, Khanna added.The campaign will start in Nigeria's northeast state of Borno, where the Nigerian government reported Thursday that two children had been paralysed by the disease.Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that mainly affects young children and can result in permanent paralysis, according to WHO.