Nigeria has announced a mass polio vaccination campaign in the Northeast following the confirmation of two polio cases for the first time in two years. Professor Isaac Adewole, confirmed the outbreak of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Borno state. In order for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare a country free of polio it has to go three years without a new case. In 2012, Nigeria had more than half of all polio cases worldwide, according to the WHO. Today, only two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan – remain polio-endemic, down from more than 125 in 1988Source: World Health OrganizationComments

Source: The North Africa Journal August 13, 2016 11:48 UTC