title: Local resistance to the global eradication of polio: newspaper coverage of the 2003-2004 vaccination stoppage in northern Nigeria.
abstract: Successful global health initiatives are executed on the recognition that globalization involves simultaneous pulls between global unification and fragmentation. This article responds to the need for more understanding of the role of fragmentation in global health initiatives through analyses of 52 northern Nigerian newspaper reports of the 2003-2004 northern Nigerian stoppage of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. By 2009 the stoppage had resulted in an epidemic in Nigeria and polio importations in 20 previously polio-free countries. Findings pointed to beliefs in contemporary forms of Western control and abuse through global organizations (nongovernmental organizations and for-profits), understandings of the "philanthropy" of the West and global organizations as self-serving and malevolent, and doubts about the polio vaccine product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. olufowot@bc.edu
authors.forename: James Olumide
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Olufowote
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D058015:Health Communication / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D009549:Nigeria; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000009:adverse effects; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid