World Polio Day: 22,000 children in Bauchi at risk of polio …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has raised concerns that approximately 22,000 children in Bauchi State have missed routine immunization.
According to the UN agency, the shortfall has contributed to the ongoing outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), with Bauchi recording four cases of cVDPV2 in 2024, out of 73 cases nationwide.
UNICEF’s Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Nuzhat Rafique made the disclosure during a road walk on Thursday, held to mark this year’s World Polio Day.
She said that the deaths and disabilities caused by polio could be eradicated…
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