Coffee with Polio Experts: Mr. Y. Yehualashet, Programme Manager, WHO/Nigeria

Yared G. Yehualashet, Programme Manager for Polio Eradication at WHO Nigeria, speaks to us about the on-ground realities of the polio programme in Nigeria: partners, innovations, challenges, potential wild poliovirus certification on the horizon and more.

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