ArticlePLoS medicine2014
From intense rejection to advocacy: how Muslim clerics were engaged in a polio eradication initiative in Northern Nigeria.
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Abstract
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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