The polio eradication campaign: time to shift the goal.

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  • Author(s): Baron E;Baron E; Magone C
  • Source:
    International health [Int Health] 2014 Mar; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 3-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jan 31.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101517095 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1876-3405 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18763405 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2013- : Oxford : Oxford University Press
      Original Publication: -2012: Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier
    • Subject Terms:
      Developing Countries* ; Goals* ; Mass Vaccination* ; Poliovirus Vaccines* ; Public Health* ; Treatment Refusal*; Poliomyelitis/*prevention & control; Humans ; Poliomyelitis/immunology
    • Abstract:
      The social rejection of the polio eradication campaign in endemic countries challenges an assumption underlying the goal itself: the full compliance of an entire population to a public health programme. The polio campaign, which has been an extraordinary public health enterprise, is at risk of becoming irremediably unpopular if the eradication goal is pursued at all costs. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) should not be driven by the fear of failure, because the greatest benefit of the polio campaign is that it has demonstrated how simple, community-wide actions can contribute to a dramatic decrease in the incidence of a disease.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Polio; Polio eradication campaign; Poliomyelitis
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Poliovirus Vaccines)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20140204 Date Completed: 20141021 Latest Revision: 20160511
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1093/inthealth/ihu004
    • Accession Number:
      24486461