Making a governmental/religious decision not to allow vaccinations is causing problems for several countries.

Nigeria decided it’s child population would not be vaccinated in 2003. That decision has led to consequences in several countries.

The Indonesian government is starting a massive vaccination campaign that will go house to house to vaccinate 5 million children by July.

Nigerian clerics began the hard line none vacination decision in August of 2003, claiming the vacinations were attempts by the US government to spread AIDS or render Nigerians infertile. The boycott ended in July 2004 after 752 Nigerians came down with polio.

Other countries are also being affected - Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ethopia, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Togo and Yemen.

When WHO began a world wide immunization effort in 1988, over 350 thousand people a year contacted polio - a water born disease that attacks the nervous system.
Last year just under 2 thousand people world wide were diagnosed with polio.

Did you know that Canada and the world owes a great deal to Paul Martin Senior? (yes, the Prime Minister’s father) Paul Martin Sr. was minister of National Health in 1955.
His decision to stand behind Canadian medical personnel in the desperate race for a viable vaccine and continued vaccination of Canadian children helped Salk and other Connaught researchers save countless lives.