Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria
Polio remains a global public health issue, and even though it has been eradicated from most countries of the world, countries like Nigeria, the largest black nation on earth, threatens the dream of total eradication of polio from the surface of the earth. Transmission of wild polio virus has never...
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| description | Polio remains a global public health issue, and even though it has been eradicated from most countries of the world, countries like Nigeria, the largest black nation on earth, threatens the dream of total eradication of polio from the surface of the earth. Transmission of wild polio virus has never been eliminated in Nigeria, but even worse is the number of countries, both in Sub-Saharan Africa and all over the world that has become re-infected by polio virus strains from Northern Nigeria in recent past. Although a lot has been documented about the Nigerian polio struggle, one aspect that has received little attention on this issue is ethnic and geographic disparities between the Southern and the Northern parts of Nigeria. Understanding these disparities involved in polio virus transmission in Nigeria, as well as the social determinants of health prevalent in Northern Nigeria will help government and other stakeholders and policy makers to synergize their efforts in the fight against this perennial scourge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65c19c3c0a0e461ea596e382669225f52022-12-22T00:13:52ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine2008-78022008-82132011-01-0123117121Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in NigeriaNosayaba Osazuwa-PetersPolio remains a global public health issue, and even though it has been eradicated from most countries of the world, countries like Nigeria, the largest black nation on earth, threatens the dream of total eradication of polio from the surface of the earth. Transmission of wild polio virus has never been eliminated in Nigeria, but even worse is the number of countries, both in Sub-Saharan Africa and all over the world that has become re-infected by polio virus strains from Northern Nigeria in recent past. Although a lot has been documented about the Nigerian polio struggle, one aspect that has received little attention on this issue is ethnic and geographic disparities between the Southern and the Northern parts of Nigeria. Understanding these disparities involved in polio virus transmission in Nigeria, as well as the social determinants of health prevalent in Northern Nigeria will help government and other stakeholders and policy makers to synergize their efforts in the fight against this perennial scourge.http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2011;volume=2;issue=3;spage=117;epage=121;aulast=Osazuwa-PetersHealthcare disparitiesPoliomyelitisNigeria |
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| title | Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria |
| title_full | Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria |
| title_short | Determinants of health disparities: The perennial struggle against polio in Nigeria |
| title_sort | determinants of health disparities the perennial struggle against polio in nigeria |
| topic | Healthcare disparities Poliomyelitis Nigeria |
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