From intense rejection to advocacy: How muslim clerics were engaged in a polio eradication initiative in northern nigeria

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Nasir, Sani Gwarzo ^a   Aliyu, Gambo ^b   Ya’U, Inuwa ^c   Gadanya, Muktar ^d   Mohammad, Muktar ^a   Zubair, Mahmud ^c   El Kamary, Samer S ^e  

^a Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^b Health and Human Services Federal Capital Territory   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^d AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLERGY; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORBIDITY; MUSLIM; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION; ISLAM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

CLERGY; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; ISLAM; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 84936108514     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001687     Document Type: Article

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