A race against time to stop the spread of polio in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, 17 August 2016 – Six-month-old Ajeda received her first dose of polio vaccine today at a camp for displaced persons outside Maiduguri city, north-east Nigeria. Ajeda was born in captivity and has never been immunized. “I gave birth when our village was occupied by Boko Haram. No vaccinators ever came to us,” said Ajeda’s…