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July 11, 2003
INTERNATIONAL
IMMUNIZATION NEWS
Nigeria: 25
Percent of Polio Cases Found in Kano
According to
Nigerias expert review committee on polio chairman John Andrus, 25 percent of
the polio cases in the country are found in the Kano state, with some 40 percent
of those cases occurring in the town of Kano. Andrus noted that Nigeria is one
of only seven countries still reporting polio cases, down from 125 countries in
1988. To help Nigeria achieve its goal of eradicating polio, Andrus suggested
that the Kano State government work quickly to mobilize its communities for
anti-polio efforts, noting to state officials that you are opportuned to
demonstrate a critical success not only for Kano or Nigeria but for the world.
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