Nigerian Vaccination Campaigns May Be Threatened By New Round of Rumours

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When a rumour surfaced in 2003 that Nigeria's polio vaccine was possibly being contaminated with anti-fertility agents a boycott of the vaccine ensued and the country's polio immunisation campaign was dealt a heavy blow.

The boycott lasted for nearly 15 months - from February 2003 to July 2004 - and it had devastating consequences. The polio caseload shot up. And by 2008, Nigeria alone accounted for 86% of all the polio cases on the continent. Since the boycott the country has struggled to be declared polio free.

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