SCIENCE
Polio: Rumour That Became a Crisis
Thursday 2 August 2007 21:00-21:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Ania Lichtarowicz looks at the boycott against polio vaccine instigated by leaders in parts of northern Nigeria in 2003 and its tragic consequences. The resurgence of a disease on the brink of worldwide eradication spread across 22 countries.