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02742aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 91FE2A580F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190103010119 008 171004s2018 enk b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2018400626 020 $a 1849049564 020 $a 9781849049566 035 $a (OCoLC)1005126085 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d CDX $d NZAUC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d U3G $d CSH $d UKMGB $d FJD $d OHS $d DLC $d SILO 050 4 $a RC180.9 A27 2018 100 1 $a Abraham, Thomas, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Polio : $b the odyssey of eradication / $c Thomas Abraham. 264 1 $a London : $b Hurst & Company, $c 2018. 300 $a xxvii, 252 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index. 520 $a "In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers"-- Publisher description. 505 00 $g 12. $t Pakistan: Where the Poliovirus Hid in Bin Laden's Shadow. $g 1. $t The Shadowy World of the Poliovirus -- $g 2. $t The President and the Poliovirus -- $g 3. $t The Salk Vaccine: Ending the Terror of Polio -- $g 4. $t A Tool for Eradication: Albert Sabin and the Oral Polio Vaccine -- $g pt. II $t THE ROAD TO ERADICATION -- $g 5. $t A Coalition of the Willing: The Birth of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative -- $g 6. $t Eradicating Poliomyelitis from Spaceship Earth -- $g 7. $t A Hasty Decision and a Slow Start -- $g 8. $t In the Doldrums -- $g pt. III $t THE LONG ENDGAME -- $g 9. $t Rogue Vaccines and Rogue Viruses -- $g 10. $t India: A Long Dirty War -- $g 11. $t Two Crises and a Final Victory -- $g 12. $t Pakistan: Where the Poliovirus Hid in Bin Laden's Shadow. 650 0 $a Poliomyelitis $z Developing countries $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Poliomyelitis $x Political aspects $x Political aspects $z Developing countries. 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093125.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20230602010538.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303020338.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20190514013644.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91FE2A580F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search