Upcoming Elections Could Threaten Nigeria’s Current Polio-Free Status, Experts Worry
TIME: Nigerian Elections Threaten Campaign to Make Africa Polio-Free
“…If [Nigeria] can stay [polio-free] another six months it will be removed from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) polio-endemic list, leaving just Pakistan and Afghanistan behind. But the general election, on February 14, has global public health officials worried that Nigeria might yet backslide: every election since 2003 has been followed by a surge in polio cases…” (Baker, 2/5).