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Children with paralytic poliomyelitis: a cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of parents in Zamfara state, Nigeria

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Nigeria is one of the major African countries in which incidences of polio infection persist in spite of several eradication efforts. The preponderance of paralytic poliomyelitis particularly in the northern part of Nigeria raises the question
Ogwumike Omoyemi O, Kaka Bashir, Adeniyi Ade F   +2 more
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Virus Eradication and Synthetic Biology: Changes with SARS-CoV-2?

Viruses, 2021
The eradication of infectious diseases has been achieved only once in history, in 1980, with smallpox. Since 1988, significant effort has been made to eliminate poliomyelitis viruses, but eradication is still just out of reach.
Jean-Nicolas Tournier, Joseph Kononchik
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Immunization strategies targeting newly arrived migrants in Non-EU countries of the mediterranean basin and black sea [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The World Health Organization recommends that host countries ensure appropriate vaccinations to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. However, information on vaccination strategies targeting migrants in host countries is limited. Methods: In
Declich, Silvia, Del Manso, Martina, Dente, Maria Grazia, Giambi, Cristina, Mediterranean Basin Black Sea, Montano-Remacha, Carmen, Napoli, Christian, Riccardo, Flavia   +7 more
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Global situation for poliomyelitis. Who strategy and tactics of global polio eradication

Журнал инфектологии, 2014
The review deals with the epidemic situation for poliomyelitis in the world. It describes the strategy and tactics of the World Health Organisation aimed at realisation of Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the main phases of the Initiative.
M. A. Bichurina, N. I. Romanenkova, N. R. Rozaeva, V. A. Vorotnikova   +3 more
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Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Global withdrawal of serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) took place in April 2016. This marked a milestone in global polio eradication and was a public health intervention of unprecedented scale, affecting 155 countries.
Blake, Isobel M, Etsano, Andrew, Grassly, Nicholas C, Jafari, Hamid, Molodecky, Natalie A, O'Reilly, Kathleen M, Pons-Salort, Margarita, Safdar, Rana M, Vaz, Rui Gama, Wadood, Mufti Zubair   +9 more
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Eradication of Poliomyelitis

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1961
Excerpt Poliomyelitis, as well as many other infectious diseases, probably began their association with the human species long before human beings evolved in their present form.
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Is polio eradication possible?

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Poliomyelitis is called childhood paralysis, anterior horn inflammation of the spinal cord and Heine-Medin disease. Poliomyelitis is caused by poliovirus.
Kinga Ruszel, Barbara Nieradko-Iwanicka
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Vaccine innovation, translational research and the management of knowledge accumulation [PDF]

, 2012
What does it take to translate research into socially beneficial technologies like vaccines? Current policy that focuses on expanding research or strengthening incentives overlooks how the supply and demand of innovation is mediated by problem-solving ...
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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, A Dodoo, A Launiala, A Olotu, AK Rowe, AS Jegede, C Wongsrichanalai, CA Baume, CA de Quadros, Dan-Bright S Dzorgbo, DB Dery, DI Ojakaa, E Klinkenberg, F Nuwaha, FN Binka, G GSS, Kojo A Senah, KP Asante, Kwaku P Asante, Lawrence G Febir, PW Chung, RW Snow, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, S Owusu-Agyei, Seth Owusu-Agyei, ST Agnandji, ST Agnandji, TE Nkya, Timothy S Letsa, WHO   +30 more
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Post-polio eradication: vaccination strategies and options for India

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2014
In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis globally. Since then, the initiative has reported dramatic progress in decreasing the incidence of poliomyelitis and limiting the geographical extent of transmission.
Jayakrishnan Thayyil, Thejus Jayakrishnan   +1 more
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