The polio eradication campaign: Time to shift the goal

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-4

  Baron, Emmanuel ^a   Magone, Claire ^b  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Polio; Polio eradication campaign; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFLICT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL REJECTION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VACCINATION;

POLIO; POLIO ERADICATION CAMPAIGN; POLIOMYELITIS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOALS; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84896827228     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu004     Document Type: Article

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