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The politics of polio in northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [(c)2010.]Description: 1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441669766
  • 1441669760
  • 9780253004611
  • 0253004616
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RA644.9
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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.
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Online Book G. Allen Fleece Library Online Non-fiction RA644.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn659563388

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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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