| Description |
1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction: protesting polio -- Smallpox and polio histories -- Politics and polio in Nigeria -- Islam and immunization in northern Nigeria -- Polio, disability, and begging -- Polio in northern Nigeria and northeastern Ghana -- The ethics of eradication |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (Project MUSE, viewed February 25, 2020) |
| Subject |
Poliomyelitis -- Nigeria, Northern
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Medical policy.
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Poliomyelitis -- prevention & control
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Health Policy
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Immunization -- ethics
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Poliomyelitis -- economics
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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Medical policy
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Poliomyelitis
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Nigeria |
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Northern Nigeria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010002427 |
| ISBN |
9781441669766 |
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1441669760 |
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9780253004611 |
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0253004616 |
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9780253222282 |
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0253222281 |
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9780253355157 |
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025335515X |
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