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020			_a9781849049566 (hbk.)
020			_a1849049564 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1005126085
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050	0	0	_aRC180.9 _b.A27 2018
060		4	_aWC 555 _b.A159 2018
082	0	4	_a616.8/35 _223
100	1		_aAbraham, Thomas, _d1956-
245	1	0	_aPolio : _bthe odyssey of eradication / _cThomas Abraham.
264		1	_aLondon : _bHurst & Company, _c2018.
300			_axxvii, 252 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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"-- _cPublisher description.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index.
505	0	0	_aMachine generated contents note: _gpt. I _tTHE VIRUS, THE VACCINES AND A CRIPPLED PRESIDENT -- _g1. _tThe Shadowy World of the Poliovirus -- _g2. _tThe President and the Poliovirus -- _g3. _tThe Salk Vaccine: Ending the Terror of Polio -- _g4. _tA Tool for Eradication: Albert Sabin and the Oral Polio Vaccine -- _gpt. II _tTHE ROAD TO ERADICATION -- _g5. _tA Coalition of the Willing: The Birth of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative -- _g6. _tEradicating Poliomyelitis from Spaceship Earth -- _g7. _tA Hasty Decision and a Slow Start -- _g8. _tIn the Doldrums -- _gpt. III _tTHE LONG ENDGAME -- _g9. _tRogue Vaccines and Rogue Viruses -- _g10. _tIndia: A Long Dirty War -- _g11. _tTwo Crises and a Final Victory -- _g12. _tPakistan: Where the Poliovirus Hid in Bin Laden's Shadow.
650		0	_aPoliomyelitis _zDeveloping countries _xPrevention _xHistory.
650		0	_aPoliomyelitis _zDeveloping countries _xPrevention _xPolitical aspects.
650		7	_aPoliomyelitis _xPrevention. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01068838
651		7	_aDeveloping countries. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01242969
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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