ABUJA, AUGUST 8, 2018 – Nigeria has approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale up immunisation, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Wednesday.
After a global effort to wipe out polio, there were just 22 cases on earth last year, down from 350,000 30 years ago, according to the World Health Organization. But until the disease is fully eradicated there is always a risk it could return, putting children at risk worldwide.
Nigeria was on the verge of eradicating the virus but recorded its first case in two years in 2016.
