Africa is on the verge of eradicating polio if the current momentum is sustained through improved surveillance, vaccination and public awareness, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said the majority of African countries are likely to be declared polio free by 2019 if they step up prevention of and treatment interventions for the disease.

The National Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Mike Ogirima, has decried the declining immunisation coverage in the country and urged government at all levels to do more.

Ogirima gave the warning in Ilorin on Monday, while addressing a news conference to mark the 2017 Physician Week.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, following outrage among Western donors and rights groups at his appointment.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus named Mugabe to the largely ceremonial post at a meeting on Wednesday in Uruguay on chronic diseases attended by both men.

Environmental pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, according to a major study released in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday. Pollution kills more people each year than wars, disasters and hunger, also causing huge economic damage, a study says. Almost half the total deaths occur in just two countries.

Ebonyi state has launched a programme designed to tackle malaria menace in pregnant women.

The programme, Transforming Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Optimal Pregnancy (TIPTOP), was launched in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, selected for the pilot project.