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Nigeria Reports First Polio Cases Since 2014, Highlighting Urgency of Immunization – UN Health Agency

Health workers vaccinating children against polio in Nigeria. Photo: IRIN/Aminu Abubakar

NIGERIA–(ENEWSPF)–11 August 2016 – After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United Nations health agency today stressed the need to prioritize immunization of children in hard-to-reach areas such as the Lake Chad region, spanning several countries and often affected by conflict.

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