FG Approves Establishment of National Health Follows Programme
Volunteer Health officials wait to immunise children at a school in Nigeria’s capital Abuja February 1, 2010. The WHO, UNICEF, and other aid agencies have been working since 1988 to eradicate polio, but their initial target of the year 2000 proved elusive. Four countries — Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan — have been unable to stop the spread of polio, which attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) – RTR29QGT
