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The politics of polio in northern Nigeria /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
[2010]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441669766 1441669760 9780253004611 0253004616 9780253222282 0253222281 9780253355157 025335515X |