Polio Eradication in India

Dhole, Tapan N.; Mishra, Vikas

doi:10.1007/s40011-011-0010-0

“…4 Based on conversations with individuals in southern states in India, because good public health infrastructure had engendered trust between the health service providers and communities, the vaccine was not rejected because services had been provided to them as an entitlement and not as a handout. Polio was eliminated there sooner than in northern states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, 5 where people had to spend money on private health care, leading to debt and poverty. 5 A repeated, coercive, and “doorstep” vaccine campaign lit the spark that would trigger large-scale refusals.…”

Section: Factors Contributing To Vaccine Refusalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Polio was eliminated there sooner than in northern states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, 5 where people had to spend money on private health care, leading to debt and poverty. 5 A repeated, coercive, and “doorstep” vaccine campaign lit the spark that would trigger large-scale refusals.…”

Section: Factors Contributing To Vaccine Refusalmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Untold Story of Community Mobilizers Re-engaging a Disengaged Community During the Endemic Era of India's Polio Eradication Program

Solomon

¹

2021

Glob Health Sci Pract

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Programs, no matter how vital, cannot be pushed into communities without proper information preceding them. n People are suspicious of handouts especially when there is no rapport with the service providers. Misinformation will lead to suspicion and refusals. n Good public health infrastructure engenders trust between the health service providers and communities. n Policy makers need to realize that even the most disenfranchised have entitlements. n Communication skills among the frontline workers are a must. n Program managers would do well to interact with the decision makers in the community and take their inputs before planning any intervention.

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“…Iran, in 2007, reported a total of 58 polio cases [50]. India was the only SEAR country that remained polio endemic reporting 894 wild poliovirus cases in 2007 [103].…”

Section: Year 2007mentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis during the 21st century (2000-2013)

Ahmad¹,

Arif²,

Chaudry³

et al. 2014

IJPHS

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Poliovirus is the pathogenic agent of paralytic poliomyelitis that belongs to the picornaviridae family. Poliomyelitis has an extended history dating over to the Egyptian eighteenth dynasty. It was recognized as distinct disease in the late nineteenth century when the world was ravaged by large number of outbreaks and epidemics in many countries. Paralytic Polio, the rarest but the most severe form of the disease, is characterized by acute flaccid paralysis of any or rarely both of the limbs. Increasing epidemics during the late 19th and 20th centuries lead to the initiation of a worldwide global effort for polio eradication in 1988, super headed by WHO and various other organizations. The launch of Global Polio Eradication Initiative together with the introduction of two polio vaccines resulted in 99% reduction of wild poliovirus cases worldwide while the total number of polio-endemic countries dropped from 24 countries in the year 2000 to only three countries in 2012; Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. This review will focus on the general biology of poliovirus, some historic and geographic epidemiological aspects of poliomyelitis eradication during the year 2000-2012 and also on the major failing factors associated with the efficiency of the vaccines to eradicate polio in Pakistan.

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Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis during the 21st century (2000-2013)

Ahmad¹,

Arif²,

Chaudry³

et al. 2014

IJPHS

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Poliovirus is the pathogenic agent of paralytic poliomyelitis that belongs to the picornaviridae family. Poliomyelitis has an extended history dating over to the Egyptian eighteenth dynasty. It was recognized as distinct disease in the late nineteenth century when the world was ravaged by large number of outbreaks and epidemics in many countries. Paralytic Polio, the rarest but the most severe form of the disease, is characterized by acute flaccid paralysis of any or rarely both of the limbs. Increasing epidemics during the late 19th and 20th centuries lead to the initiation of a worldwide global effort for polio eradication in 1988, super headed by WHO and various other organizations. The launch of Global Polio Eradication Initiative together with the introduction of two polio vaccines resulted in 99% reduction of wild poliovirus cases worldwide while the total number of polio-endemic countries dropped from 24 countries in the year 2000 to only three countries in 2012; Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. This review will focus on the general biology of poliovirus, some historic and geographic epidemiological aspects of poliomyelitis eradication during the year 2000-2012 and also on the major failing factors associated with the efficiency of the vaccines to eradicate polio in Pakistan.

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Polio Eradication in India

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The Untold Story of Community Mobilizers Re-engaging a Disengaged Community During the Endemic Era of India's Polio Eradication Program

The Untold Story of Community Mobilizers Re-engaging a Disengaged Community During the Endemic Era of India's Polio Eradication Program

Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis during the 21st century (2000-2013)

Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis during the 21st century (2000-2013)

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