Global eradication of polio: The case for "finishing the job"

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-492

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMISM; HEALTH WORKER; VACCINATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION; VACCINE FAILURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTEER;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WORLD HEALTH;

POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 34250014985     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.037457     Document Type: Review

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