An Abuja-based Neurologist, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, says a large number of polio survivors are likely to experience Post Polio Syndrome (PPS). He made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja. Polio, an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, is a contagious viral illness that causes nerve injury,
For more than two decades, polio had continue to constitute an intractable challenge to global public health and indeed the African Region. Polio was endemic in most countries in the African Region in the 1990s, with 12,000 cases reported each year in the Region. The virus was resilient and intimidating. In 2008, the World Health […]