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Published online 24 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031020-10

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Polio focus shifts to Nigeria

WHO aims to immunize 15 million in three days.

A polio outbreak in Nigeria has made West Africa the world's hotspot for the disease - and the focus of the campaign to eradicate it.

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a US$10-million effort in response.

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