Islamist insurgency and the war against polio: A cross-national analysis of the political determinants of polio

Globalization and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kennedy, Jonathan ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   King, Lawrence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al Qaeda; Boko Haram; Civil War; Insurgency; Islamism; Osama bin Laden; Polio eradication; Political determinants of health; Taliban; Vaccination programmes

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNIZATION; ISLAMISM; POLIOMYELITIS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; MILITARY SERVICE; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; WAR; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; TERRORISM; TRENDS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; ISLAM; MASS VACCINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; TERRORISM;

EID: 84942580637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0123-y     Document Type: Article

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