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Onyebuchi Eloke
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Posted on Global Health in EC development cooperation

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/eradicating-polio-menace-in-nigeria/

The main aim of eradicating Poliomyelitis is to provide fundamental health care services for practically all populations in the world, therefore the need to review the effectiveness of this health intervention for future planning of other related infant killer diseases in Nigeria.

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Thank you for your comment, Dr Castilla. I share with your views that Dr Brutha's article is very interesting and brilliant. However, it still do not fully adress the challenges in Nigeria polio eradication that is dominated with muslim parents refusing to produce their children because they believe the vaccines causes infertility. Moreso, some respected experts in the northern Nigeria, highly dominated by muslims and where the disease is highly endemic do not accept the scientific reality of the "OPV", making it difficult for health care workers in that region to eradicate the remaining pockets of polio in Nigeria. Having said that, it is easy to understand that the only gap in winning the fight against polio in Nigeria lies on whether the people accepts the vaccine or whether they stick on their believe that the vaccine is not safe for their children. Although, new development showed that GAVI - producers of the vaccine, partners with islamic development bank to save lives with vaccines by increasing access to immunisation. http://www.gavialliance.org/library/news/press-releases/2013/islamic-de…. Hopefully, this will be an influencing mechanism to finally end this menace in Nigeria.

Thank you once more please, for your comment.

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Eloke, not my articles, but I like them because the technical solutions need to be accepted by those who are affected by them and to do so it is important to understand their view and reasons, to address the concerns that will allow the action to happen. And then there are the scientific considerations on Dr Buttha's brilliant article

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in reply to Jorge Castilla

This is a good write up but the solution you opined in your article can only work in India or Pakistan but not in Nigeria. This is because the challenges in Nigeria as regards polio immunisation is technically bigger than the solutions, you opined in your article. Thanks anyway for sharing this very interesting article on polio immunisation. Nice step forward.

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