Getting Polio Eradication Back on Track in Nigeria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 645-646

  Samba, Ebrahim ^a   Nkrumah, Francis ^b   Leke, Rose ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

CHILD; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POLITICS; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 1442290047     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp038210     Document Type: Review

References (2)

1. Kapp C. Surge in polio spreads alarm in northern Nigeria: rumours about vaccine safety in Muslim-run states threaten WHO's eradication programme. Lancet 2003;362:1631-2.
2. Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria, January 2002 to March 2003. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2003;78:210-5.