The politics of polio in northern Nigeria /:

In 2008, Northern Nigeria had the greatest number of confirmed cases of polio in the world and was the source of outbreaks in several West African countries. Elisha P. Renne explores the politics and social dynamics of the Northern Nigerian response to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which...

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Main Author: Renne, Elisha P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2010]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In 2008, Northern Nigeria had the greatest number of confirmed cases of polio in the world and was the source of outbreaks in several West African countries. Elisha P. Renne explores the politics and social dynamics of the Northern Nigerian response to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has been met with extreme skepticism, subversion, and the refusal of some parents to immunize their children. Renne explains this resistance by situating the eradication effort within the social, political, cul.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441669766
1441669760
9780253004611
0253004616
9780253222282
0253222281
9780253355157
025335515X

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