Key result
The active engagement of Muslim clerics and a community coalition in northern Nigeria helped reverse intense opposition to polio vaccination, coinciding with a drastic drop in new polio cases.
Population
Communities in 12 polio-prevalent states of northern Nigeria (85 high-risk local government areas)
Design
Other
Follow-up
2009 to 2013
Authors
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May improve polio vaccine uptake via cleric engagement in resistant regions; leaves open generalizability to other vaccines or settings.
Active engagement of traditional and religious leaders in northern Nigeria was a critical strategy in overcoming intense community rejection of the polio vaccine.
Nasir et al. (2014) studied Poliomyelitis. Engagement of Muslim clerics (imams) and community coalition was evaluated on Number of wild poliovirus (WPV) and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases. The active engagement of Muslim clerics and a community coalition in northern Nigeria helped reverse intense opposition to polio vaccination, coinciding with a drastic drop in new polio cases.
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