Polio : The Odyssey of Eradication
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1849049564
ISBN-13
9781849049566
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 21st, 2018
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
488 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 14.30 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
History: specific events & topicsHistory of medicine
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How have global and local forces thwarted eradication of polio, one of the world's most important and ambitious health campaigns?
In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers.
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