Last fight of wild polio in Africa: Nigeria's battle

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi^{1

2}, Don Eliseo-Lucero Prisno 3rd^{3

4}, Boyiga Bodinga Nuga^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Director for Research, Global Health Focus, London, UK.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³ Founder, Global Health Focus, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
⁵ Program Manager, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Migration Agency, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ AB Global Health Initiative, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi et al. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov:1:100043.

doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100043. Epub 2020 Dec 22.

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi^{1

2}, Don Eliseo-Lucero Prisno 3rd^{3

4}, Boyiga Bodinga Nuga^{5

6}

¹ Director for Research, Global Health Focus, London, UK.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³ Founder, Global Health Focus, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
⁵ Program Manager, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Migration Agency, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ AB Global Health Initiative, Ogun State, Nigeria.

No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; Eradication; Nigeria; Polio; Wild polio.

Conflict of interest statement

None.

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