Endgame for polio eradication? Options for overcoming social and political factors in the progress to eradicating polio

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 463-473

  Ganapathiraju, Pavan V ^a,b   Morssink, Christiaan B ^c   Plumb, James ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children's public health; conflict and health; health regulations; polio; politics and policy

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISEASE ERADICATION; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMUNIZATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HISTORY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS VACCINATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POLITICS;

EID: 84924755679     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.994655     Document Type: Article

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