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The politics of polio in northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renne, Elisha P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poliomyelitis--Nigeria, Northern.
- Poliomyelitis.
- Poliomyelitis--prevention & control.
- Nigeria.
- Health Policy.
- Immunization--ethics.
- Poliomyelitis--economics.
- Northern Nigeria.
- Social Science.
- Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Poliomyelitis--prevention & control.
- Nigeria.
- Health Policy.
- Immunization--ethics.
- Poliomyelitis--economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Poliomyelitis--Nigeria, Northern.
- Poliomyelitis.
- Social Science.
- Health.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Politics of polio in northern Nigeria
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Renne, Elisha P. Politics of polio in northern Nigeria.
- ISBN:
- 9781441669766
- 1441669760
- 9780253222282
- 0253222281
- 9780253355157
- 025335515X
- 0253004616
- 9780253004611
- OCLC:
- 659563388
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612818370
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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