| polio eradication efforts in regions of geopolitical strife: the boko haram threat to efforts in sub-saharan africa. | the world health organization aims to eradicate wild poliovirus worldwide by the end of 2018. cameroon and nigeria, neighboring countries, have been affected by the terrorist and militant activities of the islamist sect boko haram. impacted regions are mainly the far north of cameroon and northern nigeria. targets of boko haram aggression in these zones include violence against polio workers, disruption of polio immunization campaigns, with consequent reduced access to health care and immunizati ... | 2016 | 27605975 |