The Nigerian Federal Government recently made it mandatory to receive an oral polio vaccination six weeks before traveling to India. Nigeria is now one of many countries mandating polio vaccines before vacations. The World Health Organization has advised this mandate to keep polio out of African nations. "This directive is at the instance of the World Health Organization's advice to polio endemic countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Israel, Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan and Pakistan to have evidence of taking Oral Polio Vaccine at least, six weeks prior to entry to India," said Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, spokesman of the ministry.
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