ABUJA: Nigeria on Wednesday announced that three years had elapsed since it last recorded a case of polio, a key step towards eradicating the notorious disease in Africa.
The West African giant will submit data on its polio cases to the World Health Organisation in March 2020, a move that could pave the way for the whole of the continent to be declared free of the virus. The poliovirus infects the brain and spinal cord, potentially causing lasting muscle pain, weakness or paralysis.It is transmitted through contact with the faeces of infected individuals, such as through unsanitary water or food.Only Pakistan and Afghanistan are still battling incidents of the disease around the world.
The insecurity, which has displaced more than two million people, hampered vaccinations in the region and prevented access to people in remote areas.
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