Polio: How Kano Is Addressing Challenges That Once Slowed Progress, To Avert Possible Return

Polio remains one of the world’s most infectious diseases, with no cure and the potential to cause permanent paralysis in children. In Kano State, no case has been recorded in the past ten months, yet the risk of resurgence remains real.

With outbreaks reported in other parts of Nigeria, this report examines how Kano is addressing the challenges that once slowed progress, to ensure the virus does not return.

Abdulazeez Ibrahim reports.