Wednesday 23 October 2013

Fear of violence slows polio immunization drive in Kano





 

 



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KANO, 22 October 2013 (IRIN) - Fear and secrecy have cloaked the roll-out of a polio campaign currently underway in northern Nigeria. Vaccinators are concealing their identities, hiding vaccinations under their veils and visiting some areas only with undercover armed guards, following the February murder by Boko Haram of nine polio workers in the northern city of Kano.
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