From intense rejection to advocacy: how Muslim clerics were engaged in a polio eradication initiative in Northern Nigeria
Nasir, S.-G.; Aliyu, G.; Ya'u, I.; Gadanya, M.; Mohammad, M.; Zubair, M.; El-Kamary, S.S.
Plos Medicine 11(8): E1001687
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1549-1676 PMID: 25093661 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001687Document Number: 640339
Gambo Aliyu and colleagues describe an approach to eradicating polio in Northern Nigeria by engaging Muslim clerics in influencing community perceptions. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.
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