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Nigeria combs communities to protect eligible children against polio

Abuja, 10 June, 2022 - When a team of vaccinators arrived in Obele, a boundary town between Nigeria and Benin Republic, to vaccinate children against the circulating Vaccine Derived poliovirus (cVDPV2), the community leader, Chief Babafemi Ogunmade was not surprised. 

“We are aware that some vaccinators were coming to vaccinate our children against the polio and other diseases and we have been expecting them. 

WHO ramps up support for Ondo State Government, following attack on community.

Ondo, 9 June, 2022 - As with other emergencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) swiftly moved to support the Ondo State Government to provide technical assistance and facilitate the provision of critical medical services to victims of the Owo attack.

On 06 June 2021, Owo community was attacked as gunmen gained entrance into a church and killed more than 20 worshippers, leaving some critically wounded. 

To immediately support affected communities, WHO also donated drugs, medical equipment, and consumables to the State Government.