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Surviving polio in a post-polio world [PDF]
Social Science and Medicine, 2014 Excitement mounts as the global health and international development communities anticipate a polio-free world. Despite substantial political and logistical hurdles, only 223 cases of wild poliovirus in three countries were reported in 2012. Down 99% from the estimated 350,000 annual cases in 125 countries in 1988-this decline signals the imminent ...
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2005
For a disease that was "conquered" some 40 years ago with the onset of effective vaccination, the issues of long-term survivors of paralytic polio as they age continue to present challenges to rehabilitation specialists. Aging with polio is a definition of PPS. There are over a million patients with PPS in the United States.
Matthew N, Bartels, Akiko, Omura
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For a disease that was "conquered" some 40 years ago with the onset of effective vaccination, the issues of long-term survivors of paralytic polio as they age continue to present challenges to rehabilitation specialists. Aging with polio is a definition of PPS. There are over a million patients with PPS in the United States.
Matthew N, Bartels, Akiko, Omura
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2011
Infection with poliovirus can have devastating consequences, including paralysis and death. In 1988, a year when an estimated 350,000 or more children were paralyzed by polio, the World Health Assembly initiated a global effort to eradicate the infection once and for all.
Bruce, Aylward, Tadataka, Yamada
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Infection with poliovirus can have devastating consequences, including paralysis and death. In 1988, a year when an estimated 350,000 or more children were paralyzed by polio, the World Health Assembly initiated a global effort to eradicate the infection once and for all.
Bruce, Aylward, Tadataka, Yamada
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Knowledge and perceptions of polio and polio immunization in polio high-risk areas of Pakistan
Journal of Public Health Policy, 2017Pakistan and Afghanistan remain the only countries where polio is endemic, and Pakistan reports the most cases in the world. Although the rate is lower than in previous years, the situation remains alarming. We conducted a mixed methods study in high-risk areas of Pakistan to identify knowledge, attitudes, and practices of target populations about ...
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Science, 1997
Hull outlines how immunization programs for children have had positive political effects throughout the world.
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Hull outlines how immunization programs for children have had positive political effects throughout the world.
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Polio vaccination and polio eradication
Medical Journal of Australia, 1995A, Herceg, R, Hall
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