Nigeria: Country Records 80 Percent Drop in Wild Polio Virus Transmission
March 31st, 2009 | Vanguard
The burden of transmission of the Wild polio Virus (WPV) which causes poliomyelitis decreased by over 80 per cent in Nigeria between January and March 2009.Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Nigeria, Dr. Peter Eriki who announced last week that the number of children in the high risk states in Nigeria paralyzed by the wild polio virus in 2009 declined by the stated margin when compared to the same period in 2008.
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