Education in Oral Polio Vaccine Program

Molecular analyses of oral polio vaccine samples.

It has been suggested that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and thus the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) it causes, was inadvertently introduced to humans by the use of an oral polio vaccine (OPV) during a vaccination campaign launched by the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in the Belgian Congo in 1958 and 1959. The "OPV/AIDS hypothesis" suggests that the OPV used in t...

Oral polio vaccine: fact versus fiction.

The author of this article has now become the principal target of the accusation that HIV-1 was introduced into man through the wildcat production of an oral polio vaccine in chimpanzee cell culture more than 40 years ago in the Belgian Congo. The putative evidence presented in support of this accusation rests essentially on testimonials by local witnesses. Such an accusation is strongly reject...

Live Oral Poliovirus Vaccine after DPT Polio Vaccine.

In the editorial note on Controlled Drugs which I contributed to the issue of September 9 (Canad. M. A. J., 85: 661, 1961), I find that I have overstated the case for written prescriptions for the amphetamines and the barbiturates. Pharmacists may dispense Controlled Drugs on the strength of a prescription given verbally by a physician as well as by a prescription in writing. The pharmacist mus...

Monovalent oral polio vaccine: Gates Foundation funds new polio vaccine to accelerate eradication efforts.

Oral polio vaccine immunization coverage with regard to polio eradication in Zambia: 2000-2009: A review

During the 41 st World Health Assem3ly (WHA) meeting, it was resolved that World Health Organization (WHO) takes initiative for global eradication of poliomyelitis exclusively by Oral Polio Vaccination (OPV) by year 2000 with all member countries. WHO Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) schedule requires all children below 1 year of age to get 4 doses of OPV. A regular review of OPV3 coverag...