The expanded programme in immunization against measles and poliomyelitis, Iran's Experience.

the expanded programme in immunization against measles andpoliomyelitis, iran's experience.

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The Immunological Basis for Immunization Series Module 6: Poliomyelitis GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION

World Health Organization Geneva 1998 GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION Global eradication of poliomyelitis

Active Immunization against Poliomyelitis

1. A single intracutaneous inoculation with a subinfective dose of the virus of poliomyelitis produces considerable immunity. 2. Virus-serum combinations produce an appreciable immunity, providing just sufficient serum is used to protect the animal from paralysis. If there is an excess of serum, the degree of immunity is considerably reduced.

Rehabilitation of the expanded programme on immunization in Sudan following a poliomyelitis outbreak.

In 1993 a large outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred in Sudan as a result of an accumulation of large numbers of susceptible children that was accelerated by faltering immunization services. The extent of the outbreak led to the rapid rehabilitation of Sudan's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI); the government began financing vaccine purchase, operational aspects of EPI were decen...

Effectiveness of the Expanded Programme on Immunization.

The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) aims at the reduction of morbidity and mortality from vaccinepreventable diseases through the provision of immunization to women and children. Specifically, EPI has set as its target the development of services which, by 1990, can provide three doses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (OPT) vaccine, three doses of polio vaccine, and one dose each of v...