Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The Sokoto state government has unveiled plans to scale up vaccination against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in six local government areas bordering the Niger Republic, as part of efforts to curb cross-border transmission of the virus.

The State Immunisation Officer (SIO), Bashar Garba, disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, noting that the initiative will focus on strengthening routine immunisation and reaching children who cross international borders.

Mr Garba said one of the programmes, supported by the Solina Centre for International Development and Research (SCIDaR), would deploy intensification teams across the LGAs to prevent children from leaving or coming into Nigeria with the poli...