منابع مشابه
So close: remaining challenges to eradicating polio.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, launched in 1988, is close to achieving its goal. In 2015, reported cases of wild poliovirus were limited to just two countries - Afghanistan and Pakistan. Africa has been polio-free for more than 18 months. Remaining barriers to global eradication include insecurity in areas such as Northwest Pakistan and Eastern and Southern Afghanistan, where polio ca...
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BACKGROUND Ethiopia joined the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1996, and by the end of December 2001 circulation of indigenous Wild Polio Virus (WPV) had been interrupted. Nonetheless, the country experienced multiple importations during 2004-2008, and in 2013. We characterize the 2013 outbreak investigations and response activities, and document lessons learned. METHOD The data...
متن کاملPolio
The word 1 polio' has been striking the headlines during the recent weeks in Indian newspapers. A certain amount of scare has therefore been produced in the mind of the public. It is no doubt true that a fairly large number of cases of polio have been reported in Bombay city. A few isolated cases have also been reported from other parts of India like Delhi and Calcutta. It has not yet been deci...
متن کاملPolio
Language use is even more central to the practice and theory of medicine, or indeed any other kind of healing, than it is to other sciences and activities that require a specialized lexicon. As the author of this valuable study remarks, in medicine, "language is both tool and product simultaneously". As psychosocial and psychoneurological explanations become ever more persuasive within orthodox...
متن کاملPotential for international spread of wild poliovirus via travelers
BACKGROUND The endgame of polio eradication is hampered by the international spread of poliovirus via travelers. In response to ongoing importations of poliovirus into polio-free countries, on 5 May 2014, WHO's Director-General declared the international spread of wild poliovirus a public health emergency of international concern. Our objective was to develop a mathematical model to estimate th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1034-4810
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12534