2011
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-81232011000200007
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Abstract: Smallpox and polio eradication in India: comparative histories and lessons for contemporary policy Erradicação da varíola e da pólio na Índia: histórias comparativas e lições para políticas contemporâneasResumo O artigo argumenta que um exame detalhado dos fatores que contribuíram para o desenvolvimento de estruturas e estratégias complexas para a erradicação da varíola no Sul da Ásia nos anos 70 pode fornecer indicações proveitosas para a reformulação dos capítulos nacionais do programa global de erradicação … Show more

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“…Experience with smallpox and polio eradication has shown that achieving such ambitious goals is more than a technical mission. They are social and political phenomena requiring careful negotiations with local public health workers, political and community leaders, and members of the general population [ 30 , 31 ]. In India, the MPs hold the authority to initiate and support interventions that are customised to the needs of their respective PCs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Experience with smallpox and polio eradication has shown that achieving such ambitious goals is more than a technical mission. They are social and political phenomena requiring careful negotiations with local public health workers, political and community leaders, and members of the general population [ 30 , 31 ]. In India, the MPs hold the authority to initiate and support interventions that are customised to the needs of their respective PCs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Within the GPEI, the level of sophistication and specificity of these blueprints shifted. For example in India, while a national blueprint (based on global guidelines and South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) negotiations) had been established for polio eradication-which included mass immunization as well as Pulse Polio initiatives-inadequate resources were provided to implement the blueprint including the understood need to strengthen the overall routine immunization system in India [60]. This reality contributed to both frustration among implementers in country as well the longer timeframe needed to achieve certification for the country [60].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example in India, while a national blueprint (based on global guidelines and South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) negotiations) had been established for polio eradication-which included mass immunization as well as Pulse Polio initiatives-inadequate resources were provided to implement the blueprint including the understood need to strengthen the overall routine immunization system in India [60]. This reality contributed to both frustration among implementers in country as well the longer timeframe needed to achieve certification for the country [60]. Further, while funding was a challenge to both programs at times [8,27,61], emphasis on fundraising as a strategy to achieve implementation outcomes was found more commonly in the GPEI literature.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Juran L, et al [40] describes the historical military-style operations in India at the time of eradication of smallpox via forced vaccination: "the mission was search and destroys: each case was treated as an absolute emergency, surveillance-containment was the method and guards were deployed for manpower". Battacharya S, et al [41] compares all those civil wars against smallpox to the modern goal of eradication of polio. Although India has not eradicated polio and faces several vaccination problems, the annual incidence of wild polio has been around 470 cases.…”
Section: Human Quarantine Has Been Kept In the Legal Orders Because It Is A Strong Tool For The Implementation Of A State Of Exceptionmentioning
confidence: 99%