Brown
23rd February 2004, 07:27 AM
Nigerian Muslims Bar Polio Vaccine (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/22/health/main601564.shtml), from CBS and AP. The country has a polio outbreak, and polio vaccine is available. But...A northern Islamic state in Nigeria that is at the heart of a spreading Africa polio outbreak declared Sunday it would not relent on its boycott of a mass vaccination program which it has called a U.S. plot to spread AIDS and infertility among Muslims.
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In October, similar door-to-door drives were blocked entirely in Kano, Zamfara and Kaduna.
Residents in other northern states where volunteers tried to administer the oral vaccine house-to-house to toddlers and infants were frequently turned away by residents. Homeowners at times reportedly set dogs upon the volunteer health workers.
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In October, similar door-to-door drives were blocked entirely in Kano, Zamfara and Kaduna.
Residents in other northern states where volunteers tried to administer the oral vaccine house-to-house to toddlers and infants were frequently turned away by residents. Homeowners at times reportedly set dogs upon the volunteer health workers.