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Nigeria strengthens surveillance to protect children from polio

Published on: Sunday 20 September 2026

Nigeria strengthens surveillance to protect children from polio Abuja – When 32-year-old Shafa’atu Isyaku noticed that her 4-year-old daughter, Maimuna, could not move her left leg, she took her to a primary health care centre in Kano State, north western Nigeria.“I was worried because I had seen what polio could do to a child,” Shafa’atu says. “I wanted someone to examine Maimuna and tell me what was happening.”


News source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/nigeria/news/nigeria-strengthens-surveillance-protect-children-polio

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