| Global eradication of polio: the case for "finishing the job". | |
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PMID: 17639247 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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While seven years have passed since 2000, the target set for the eradication of polio, success remains elusive. In 2006, despite coordinated international efforts, there was no major breakthrough in containing the polio virus, which persists in a few pockets in the four countries in which it is endemic. The polio eradication programme faces new hurdles such as importation, re-emergence and failure of political and community mobilization. The decreasing morale of health workers and volunteers, doubts about the efficacy of oral polio vaccine and ever-increasing programme costs and funding challenges are other issues to be addressed. This paper describes the ongoing conventional strategy adopted for polio eradication, then analyses existing challenges and some possible solutions. The author suggests that major modifications and additions to the ongoing conventional strategy are required in order to create a multi-pronged, area-specific strategy that can finish the job of polio eradication. This should include an area-specific approach, community dialogue, enhanced political advocacy and compulsory vaccination, as well as the use of inactivated polio vaccine in endemic countries even before the transmission of wild polio virus has been halted. This appears to be the best way to achieve eradication at the earliest opportunity. |
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Authors:
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Chandrakant Lahariya |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume: 85 ISSN: 0042-9686 ISO Abbreviation: Bull. World Health Organ. Publication Date: 2007 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-07-19 Completed Date: 2007-09-13 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7507052 Medline TA: Bull World Health Organ Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 487-92 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001, India. ck1800@rediffmail.com |
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Consumer Participation
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methods Health Education / organization & administration Humans Poliomyelitis / prevention & control* Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral* Politics Population Surveillance Voluntary Workers / organization & administration World Health* |
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0/Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral |
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