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Fear holds up polio vaccinations in Nigeria

Polio is a disease that could be extinguished entirely through vaccinations but yet it still kills thousands each year.

The situation in Nigeria is by far the worst. It has the highest number of polio cases in the world.

And as Yvonne Ndege reports from Kanu State fear and superstitution form part of the problem.

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