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Health Affairs, 28, no. 4 (2009): 1091-1101 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.1091 © 2009 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Diplomacy And The Polio Immunization Boycott In Northern Nigeria

Judith R. Kaufmann and Harley Feldbaum

The boycott of polio vaccination in three Northern Nigerian states in 2003 created a global health crisis that was political in origin. This paper traces the diplomatic actions that were taken by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the United Nations, and the U.S. government, to restart polio vaccination and resolve the crisis. The polio vaccination boycott in Northern Nigeria provides a useful case study of the practice of global health diplomacy.

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