2.3 million children at risk of polio in Nigeria – UNICEF

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that nearly 2.3 million children in Nigeria have not received routine immunisation (zero dose), leaving them at risk of polio outbreak.

UNICEF’s Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, disclosed this during an awareness road walk in Bauchi on Thursday to commemorate this year’s World Polio Day.

According to her, out of this figure, about 22,000 children in Bauchi State have not received routine immunisation thereby risking polio outbreak.

“For over two decades, UNICEF has supported Bauchi state in its Polio…

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