The politics of polio in northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne.
Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [(c)2010.]Description: 1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781441669766
- 1441669760
- 9780253004611
- 0253004616
- RA644.9
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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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