ON 24 July 2014, for the first time ever, Nigeria interrupted the transmission of the wild polio virus, leading to its removal by the World Health

Shivananda Sonavane has bagged the first rank in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) this year in the physically challenged category.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday it was concerned about the outbreak of new cases of polio in Nigeria, noting that it in no way u

Ahmed Garba, 20, lives with deformity.

Henderson’s pessimism about eradication prospects extended to the effort to rid the world of polio, though in 2011 he told the New York Times he’d

Summary: This same minister is celebrating 101st birth anniversary of Devaraj Urs, who championed the cause of the poor," said Kumaraswamy.

The Heath Ministry decided to hand over Polio Eradication Programme to private sector, after they have failed to achieve the required targets.

Rusine Mitchell Sinclair skipped her graduation from the University of Illinois.

n Last year, hundreds of adults affected by polio in childhood marked Nigeria’s record one year without the virus.

In a video obtained by Pulse, an official of the Borno State Specialist Hospital gives an update and explains what is being done to put a stop to t

Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a debilitating childhood disease caused by poliovirus.

During the Angelina Rotary Club meeting on Thursday at Crown Colony, Joe Havard, among the last survivors of polio in Angelina County, spoke about

Last week, just as Nigeria was set to mark a second year without a reported case of polio, the World Health Organization confirmed the discovery of

Just as Nigeria and the global community were celebrating 2 years without a wild-type polio case in a country that once accounted for half of all c

Federal government has disclosed that it has launched a mass campaign of emergency polio vaccinations after reporting two new cases of the disease

The federal government has approved the release of N9.8bn to fight wild polio resurgence in the country, especially in the North East.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21Alive) --An organization hoping to raise awareness and funds to fight polio hosts their 8th 5K this Saturday.

The co-founder of Microsoft Foundation, Bill Gates, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will be able to defeat polio, despite intense challenges th

Nigeria’s minister of health, Professor Isaac Adewole says there is high risk of further spread of the recent polio outbreak to states surrounding

Following fresh outbreak of the Wild Polio Virus, WPV, in Gwoza and Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State, the Minister of Health, Professor I

The Federal Government has released N9.8bn to fight against the polio outbreak especially in communities in the North-East affected by the activiti

Gates told VOA's Africa 54 program Wednesday that two newly reported cases of polio in Nigeria are "a disappointment" after so much

Legendary singer and polio survivor Donovan Leitch, better known simply as Donovan, has joined Rotary in its fight to eradicate the paralyzing dise

Last week, two cases of wild poliovirus were found in conflict-affected areas of north-east Nigeria – the first cases in two years.