Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it will vaccinate at least 2.3 million children under five years in Katsina State under an integrated polio and measles-rubella campaign beginning in October.

The campaign, which will run nationwide in two phases from 6 October to 13 February 2026, is part of renewed efforts to halt the circulation of the poliovirus in Nigeria and reduce child vulnerability to other preventable diseases.

Rahama Farah, Chief of UNICEF's Kano Field Office, disclosed this on Tuesday at a media dialogue in Katsina organised in partnership with the Katsina State Government.

"Katsina will implement the campaign from 6 to 13 October," Mr Farah said, warning that while the state had made pro...