Nigeria – one of the six countries where polio is endemic – is staring a massive drive against Polio in a bid to wipe out the disease.
Nigeria will prepare for a synchronised vaccination campaign – which will run in 22 countries – at the beginning of October as part of final efforts to rescue the WHO goal of wiping out polio worldwide by 2005.

Polio, mainly affects children under five, and is caused by a virus that invades the nervous system causing paralysis or death. The disease is considered endemic in only six countries – Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria, and Pakistan.