Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

A mixed method approach for the assessment of demand creation intervention strategy for polio eradication on exclusive breast feeding in Northern Nigeria

Oladele Akogun
  • Oladele Akogun
  • The Health Programme, Common Heritage Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Omolola Olojede
  • Omolola Olojede
  • Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Adedoyin Adesina
  • Adedoyin Adesina
  • The Health Programme, Common Heritage Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Sani Njobdi
  • Sani Njobdi
  • Institute of Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 19 November 2019
  •  Accepted: 30 January 2020
  •  Published: 29 February 2020

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