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:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001687

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From Intense Rejection to Advocacy: How Muslim Clerics Were Engaged in a Polio Eradication Initiative in Northern Nigeria

Sani-Gwarzo Nasir,

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
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Gambo Aliyu ,

* E-mail: algambo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Health and Human Services, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
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Inuwa Ya'u,

Affiliation National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
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Muktar Gadanya,

Affiliation Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
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Muktar Mohammad,

Affiliation Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
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Mahmud Zubair,

Affiliation National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
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Samer S. El-Kamary

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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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

Published: August 5, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001687

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