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 | | According to Hajiya Hauwa Zaharadden, field officer for the United Nations Children Agency in Borno State, polio is known to be present in the nine local government areas of the state, including Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Abadam, Konduga, Bama, Shani, Kukawa, Jere, Monguno, and Damboa. |
 | | Oliver Mamza, secretary of the Borno State Mobilisation Committee against child killer diseases, said resistance to immunization initiatives on the parts of some parents in these local government areas appeared to account for the remaining cases of polio, explaining that many people are still apprehensive and distrustful of immunization. |
 | | The workshop was premised on the fact that women and mothers generally bear most of the psychological and physical burden when their children fall sick. |
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