What Led to the Nigerian Boycott of the Polio Vaccination Campaign?
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- 20 March 2007
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (3) , e73
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040073
Abstract
Jegede discusses the recent controversy surrounding polio immunization in Nigeria, in which three northern states boycotted the immunization campaign.Keywords
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