The politics of polio in northern Nigeria

著者

• Renne, Elisha P.

書誌事項

The politics of polio in northern Nigeria

Elisha P. Renne

Indiana University Press, c2010

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-157) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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, cultural, and historical context of the experience of polio in Northern Nigeria. Questions of vaccine safety, the ability of the government to provide basic health care, and the role of the international community are factored into this sensitive and complex treatment of the ethics of global polio eradication efforts.

目次

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Protesting Polio 2. Smallpox and Polio Histories 3. Politics and Polio in Nigeria 4. Islam and Immunization in Northern Nigeria 5. Polio, Disability, and Begging 6. Polio in Northern Nigeria and Northeastern Ghana 7. The Ethics of Eradication Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB03916009
• ISBN:
  • 9780253222282
• LCCN: 2010002427
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Bloomington
• ページ数/冊数: x, 169 p., [8] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : RA644.P9
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Poliomyelitis -- Nigeria, Northern
  • MESH : Poliomyelitis -- prevention & control -- Nigeria
  • MESH : Health Policy -- Nigeria
  • MESH : Immunization -- ethics -- Nigeria
  • MESH : Poliomyelitis -- economics -- Nigeria