PLoS Medicine (Aug 2014)

From intense rejection to advocacy: how Muslim clerics were engaged in a polio eradication initiative in Northern Nigeria.

  • Sani-Gwarzo Nasir,
  • Gambo Aliyu,
  • Inuwa Ya'u,
  • Muktar Gadanya,
  • Muktar Mohammad,
  • Mahmud Zubair,
  • Samer S El-Kamary

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001687
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 8
p. e1001687

Abstract

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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.