Polio: UNICEF warns of setback as vaccine resistance spreads in Northwest Nigeria

Vanguardngr | 28-10-2025 04:41pm |

By Musa Ubandawaki Sokoto—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the growing resistance to polio vaccination across parts of Northwest Nigeria, warning that the trend poses a serious threat to the nation’s efforts to completely eradicate the disease. According to UNICEF, about 3,000 households in Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara States recently refused

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