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Cross River Begins Second Outbreak Response Polio Vaccination Exercise

By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government has begun the Second Outbreak Response, OBR2, vaccination exercise aimed at keeping the State polio count at zero. The Government said it has also set up a Rapid Response Team across major borders in the State to optimize poliomyelitis vaccination and other childhood

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No Polio Case In Cross River Says FG

By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Government has validated Cross River State government position on the suspected Polio case dismissing the issue as a case of clubfoot also known as Talipes. “The physical assessment or examination revealed that the signs that suggest complications of Polio Virus infection were not present in this child” said The acting

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Cross River Health Commissioner Debunks Rumors Of Polio Outbreak In Odukpani

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong has debunked the rumor that there is an outbreak of poliomyelitis in Odukpani LGA of Cross River State. The Commissioner has also mandated the state epidemiology team to conduct another round of Polio sensitization in the state and issue a briefing as

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Cross River Records Zero Polio Cases In 2 Years, Plans Family Obstetrics And Gynaecology Services

By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State government has not recorded any new case of polio for 2 years and will roll out a comprehensive family obstetrics and gynaecology service by November in partnership with the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Nigeria (SOGON) says health commissioner, Inyang Asibong. Inyang who disclosed these in two separate

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Cross River State Ready For Polio-Free Certification – Dr. Betta Edu, DG Primary Health Agency

By Our Correspondent “The last case of wild polio virus was detected in July 2014 and by 25th of September 2015 Nigeria was delisted from the List of polio endemic countries…Nigeria as a nation is on its way to been certified polio free in a few months and you know what the last minute in

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Cross River Wins $1m Bill Gates Award For Polio Immunization

by NAN The Cross River Government has won $1 million prize instituted by Bill Gates Foundation for polio Immunization in Africa, Commissioner for Local Government Affairs Peter Ojie has said. Ojie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar that the state emerged the best in polio immunization in the South South

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