Nigeria Now Polio Free – WHO
The World Health Organization(WHO) has declared Nigeria polio free.
The UN health agency disclosed this on the official Twitter handle of its regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, @WHOAFRO.
“Today, Nigeria’s complete documentation for Wild Polio virus free status was accepted by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for polio eradication (ARCC).
“It is a historic day for Nigeria, Africa and the Global Polio Programme,’’ WHO said.
With the new development, the devastating disease is now in only two countries of the world; Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to WHO, Nigeria accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, in 2012.
The country has however, since the last three years, not recorded a case of the virus, accounting for why it was on Thursday declared polio free.