Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program in Richland, Wash.

The golden jubilee of vaccination against poliomyelitis.

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), developed in the USA by Jonas Salk in the early 1950s, was field tested in 1954, and found to be safe and effective. The year 2004 marks the golden jubilee of this breakthrough. From 1955 IPV was used extensively in the US and polio incidence declined by more than 95 per cent. However, in 1962, when oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) became available, the nation...

Poliomyelitis: present epidemiological situation and vaccination problems.

In 1988 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared its commitment to the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000, generating new enthusiasm in pursuing this objective worldwide. The nations involved are supported by a coalition of partners, including Rotary International, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Atlanta, Ga., UNICEF, and the WHO itself. Interventions...

Quadracel: Vaccination Against Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, and Poliomyelitis in Children.

INTRODUCTION Vaccinations in school-aged children are required by state and local law to maintain high vaccination coverage rates, as well as low rates of vaccine-preventable diseases. Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are childhood diseases that can be life threatening; poliomyelitis, another childhood disease, can be disabling. In turn, vaccinations were developed to provide protection again...

[Epidemiological studies on the poliomyelitis in Spain before the vaccination].

The eradication of polio in Spain is one of the most important health milestones of the twentieth century, not only for public health but also for the effect it had on scientific knowledge in our country, in the medical field. Knowledge of international literature by our epidemiologists and virologists, was important, as reflected in the studies of outbreaks, virological studies and clinical st...

External Program Evaluation Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) Program In Ethiopia Final Report