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Vol 44 No 22

Published 7th November 2003


Nigeria

Polio politics

There is growing frustration that a boycott of an immunisation campaign in northern Nigeria may be leading to a resurgence of poliomyelitis in the region. This would thwart international hopes of making polio the second disease after smallpox to be eradicated worldwide.

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