Meanwhile, on the other side of the world...

While those of us in the U.S. and elsewhere debate 'behavioral disinhibition' and the effects (or lack thereof) of vaccine preservatives, this story notes that simply organizing an effective polio vaccination campaign is the focus of government officials in Nigeria. Despite being off the U.S. radar for decades (with the exception of a few cases among those unvaccinated), polio is still a concern in many parts of Africa and Asia, nowhere more so than Nigeria, according to this WHO site.

The story from Nigeria explains that government efforts for widespread polio vaccination (and hopefully, eradication) face a number of challenges. Chief among them? What else, controversies over vaccine safety.