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WHO Renews Polio Immunisation Drive in Northern Nigeria
Nov. 13, 2008
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has decided to involve local chiefs in the fight against polio, which is on the rise in northern Nigeria, officials said.
"We have realised that we would have recorded tremendous success if local chiefs had spearheaded the polio campaign from the start because the people listen and trust them", Sani Gwarzo, an official with WHO told AFP.
Gwarzo said the new drive involves training traditional chiefs actively to participate in the polio immunisation campaign which started Thursday in Gezawa village, 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Kano.
© 2008 AFP
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 14 November 2008
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