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By Nigeria Health Watch | November 30, 2025

Hands on his Knees, Akin “Shuga” Tofowomo refused to be defined by Polio: Tribute to a Friend

A guest post by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu On 30 October 2025, news broke unexpectedly that Akin “Shuga” Tofowomo had passed away while undergoing surgery in Canada. The shock was followed by tears and a slow journey toward acceptance. As he was laid to rest on 29 November, many of us are still coming to terms […]

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World Polio Day 2022: Is Polio Becoming a Wicked Problem?

By Nigeria Health Watch | October 24, 2022

“While polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere” — Ian Riseley, President, The Rotary Foundation Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August 2020. The news was met with a lot of celebration. The long-fought battle towards a wild polio free status had been won in Africa. Nigeria was the final country in which this was […]

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Transitioning Polio Emergency Operations Centres to Strengthen Nigeria’s Health Security.

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 17, 2022

By Ibukun Oguntola and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Emergency Operations Centres, first used in Nigeria during the national polio response, were valuable assets in Nigeria’s polio response, and they continue to be a vital resource now. Transitioning Polio EOCs into public health EOCs will help boost efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s national and subnational health security. Many […]

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Here’s How Malawi Responded to Wild Poliovirus 30 Years After Eradication

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 23, 2022

By Josephine Chinele (Lead Writer) Her priest’s announcement was enough reason for Cecelia Yohane, a resident of Nchalo Chikwawa, to have her 2-year-old grandchild vaccinated against polio. “All my children are not educated, not many people in my village are educated either. But I want to change our story through my grandchildren. I want this […]

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Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State

By Bashar Abubakar | January 17, 2022

Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free in August 2020, however, despite Nigeria’s wild poliovirus free status, the country is still experiencing the transmission of circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2). The incidences of cVDPV2 are as a result of low vaccination rates and unvaccinated children coming in contact with excretions from children who have […]

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