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Home > Nigeria: Huge Nigerian drive against polio

Contributor [1]
Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Social welfare [2]
Issue Number: 
173 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Some 13 million children in northern Nigeria are being vaccinated against polio in a bid to wipe out the disease. About 250,000 technicians are making house calls to reach all children under five in eight states, which have become the world's polio epicentre.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/welfare/24449 [5]
Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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