Nigerian vaccination campaigns may be threatened by new round of rumours
Social media rumours are putting Nigeria’s vaccination campaigns at risk.
When a rumour surfaced in 2003 that Nigeria’s polio vaccine was possibly being contaminated with anti-fertility agents a boycott of the vaccine ensued and the country’s polio immunisation campaign was dealt a heavy blow. The boycott lasted for nearly 15 months – from February 2003 to July 2004 – and it had devastating consequences. The polio caseload shot up. And by 2008, Nigeria alone accounted for 86% of all the polio cases on the continent. Since the boycott the country has struggled to be declared polio free.
Nigerian vaccination campaigns may be threatened by new round of rumours
Source: Virology News
