From Intense Rejection to Advocacy: How Muslim Clerics Were Engaged in a Polio Eradication Initiative in Northern Nigeria

S Nasir · Gambo Gumel Aliyu · Inuwa Yau Barau · Muktar A Gadanya · Mahmud Zubair · Samer S. El‐Kamary

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Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Global Maternal and Child Health Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

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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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