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Disease surveillance as cure - Overcoming concealment in Bauchi State

24 July 2006 -- The faint mark on the wall showing that no child in…

Emir of Ringim, Alhaji Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmood

Emirs as catalysts in immunization drive

24 July 2006 - Alhaji Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmood, the 75-year old Emir…

Hajia Samira Yusuf Bako

Signs of the end - Hope for Polio Eradication in Taraba state, North-East Nigeria

24 July 2006 -- Sardauna Local Government Area (LGA), home of the…

Participants in a town hall meeting discuss immunization in their community.

The Town Hall option - Encouraging community ownership for immunization

In Kaduna State, Town Hall meetings are opening a new frontier for…

Aisha receiving oral polio vaccine at Shanga

Reaching them wherever they are - The boosting childhood immunity approach

27 January 2006 -- Abdullahi Wamzan, a community leader, watched with…

WHO recommends free access for HIV care and treatment

Abuja, 6 December 2005 -- In order to achieve scaling-up universal…

Polio Victims Trust Association members Chairman PHAN Abdu Bako Hashim, left, Secretary PHAN Safiyanu Ado Sharfadi, Chairman PVTA Aminu Ahmed Tudun-Wada, Secretary PVTA Yusuf Umar

Against the odds - Kano cripples take action to fight polio

17 November 2005 - His may be a family of nine with three cripples –…

A new direction - An account of how the Borno Izala Group changed course in favor of OPV

Mallam Alifa Liman, a retired health worker, is becoming the anchor…

Mothers on the move - Yobe women making the difference in immunization campaigns

2004 was a period of uncertainty, but at the height of the…

One law, two voices - Reactions to the Katsina Immunization Law

Hamisu Ahmadu and Ahmadu Sani had no idea of a law making it…