Nigeria edges towards wild polio-free status

Nigeria has taken another step towards being declared wild polio-free after it met the robust surveillance criteria for ensuring that the virus does not re-emerge, We speak to Dr Faisal Shuaib, the head of the country's primary health care agency.

There are more than 4 million refugees and 8 million displaced people in In East Africa. And while there has been no widespread outbreak of Covid-19 in refugee camps, the United Nations warn the increasing local transmissions in these countries calls for continued preparedness.

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(Photo: A health worker tries to immunize a child during a vaccination campaign against polio at Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano in northwest Nigeria. Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)