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Polio Eradication: How the War on Terror Has Led to the Persistence of Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria [PDF]
, 2013 In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a campaign to eradicate the polio virus from the world population (Bari 2006). Since 1988, the WHO has used polio vaccines to successfully interrupt transmission of the disease to new individuals in ...
Rouhana, John Michel
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The impact of polio eradication on routine immunization and primary health care: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: After 2 decades of focused efforts to eradicate polio, the impact of eradication activities on health systems continues to be controversial.
Banteyerga Amaha, Hailom +22 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 In recent years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has gradually implemented a global shift in polio immunization programs. Few studies cover polio immunization program impacts on the efficacy of other vaccines.
Shiyi Chen +11 more
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Pain in Post-Polio Syndrome: A Separate Pain Entity?
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 2022 Background: Most patients with polio recover from the initial infection, but develop muscle weakness, pain and fatigue after 15–40 years, a condition called post-polio syndrome.
Evert Christiaan Boshuis +2 more
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Crippling Violence: Conflict and Incident Polio in Afghanistan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 BACKGROUND:Designing effective public health campaigns in areas of armed conflict requires a nuanced understanding of how violence impacts the epidemiology of the disease in question.
Alison Norris +3 more
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Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Coxsackievirus A9
Viruses, 2022 Nineteen CVA9 isolates were obtained between 2010 and 2019 from six provinces of mainland China, using the HFMD surveillance network established in China.
Hehe Zhao +15 more
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Green Stool Predominance in Babies and Subsequent Bowel Function at 1–2 Years of Age
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To study the relationship between bowel function after birth and at 1–2 years of age in the prospective HELMi cohort of term infants. Methods We focused on infants with predominantly green stools (n = 152) for three consecutive weeks in early life and their sex, age, and delivery mode‐matched controls (n = 300), and evaluated bowel ...
L. Typpö +5 more
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Surviving polio in a post-polio world [PDF]
Social Science & 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 ...
Groce, NE, Banks, LM, Stein, MA
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Diverse Pathways and the Role of Timing: Youth Experiences of Leaving Care in China
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In China, young people in state‐funded childcare institutions (Fuliyuan) are required to exit at age 18 unless still in education, compressing the move to adulthood. This study applies a life‐course lens to examine how the timing and sequencing of key life events shape care leavers' trajectories.
Shian Yin, Siobhan Laird, Lisa Warwick
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Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite tools currently available for its control. Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major hallmark, but its acceptance by community ...
A Bingham +30 more
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