Gert van der Hoek
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Polio Infection In Nigeria Drops By 98 Percent -UNICEF
October 14, 2010
ABUJA - Poliomyelitis virus infection in Nigeria has dropped by 98 per cent since 2009, UNICEF said in a statement in Abuja.
The statement, signed by Paula Fedesk of UNICEF Communication, Media and External Relations Unit, stated: ?It is one of the most dramatic reductions in polio virus circulation seen in any endemic country in the history of polio eradication programme.
?Nigeria had a total of 367 cases in 2009 but only 8 cases as at October 4, 2010.?
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October 14, 2010
ABUJA - Poliomyelitis virus infection in Nigeria has dropped by 98 per cent since 2009, UNICEF said in a statement in Abuja.
The statement, signed by Paula Fedesk of UNICEF Communication, Media and External Relations Unit, stated: ?It is one of the most dramatic reductions in polio virus circulation seen in any endemic country in the history of polio eradication programme.
?Nigeria had a total of 367 cases in 2009 but only 8 cases as at October 4, 2010.?
Read more