Nigeria: religious leaders involved in health policies

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Vaccination of aspirants to the Mecca pilgrimage on May 31, 2021, in Kano, northern Nigeria.

© Liza Fabbian / RFI

By: Liza Fabbian

3 min

In northern Nigeria, in the big city of Kano, traditional and religious authorities play a big role in health policies.

The relays put in place to fight polio in recent years have been reactivated to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, still including religious and traditional authorities.

  • Nigeria

  • Religion

  • Health and medicine