Chasing Polio in Pakistan

Svea Closser

Description

From remote villages and nomadic encampments to World Health Organization headquarters, a vivid ethnography of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Fitness
• Health
• Anthropology
• CAB Direct (database)
• Diseases
• Public Health

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 16 août 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826517104
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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CHASING POLIO IN PAKISTAN Why the World’s Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail Svea Closser

Chasing Polio in Pakistan

Chasing Polio in Pakistan

Why the World’s Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail

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Vanderbilt University Press 

©  by Vanderbilt University Press Nasville, Tennessee  First edition 

his book is te recipient of te Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for te best proect in te area of medicine.

his book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in te United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Closser, Svea, 98– Casing polio in Pakistan : wy te world’s largest public ealt initiative may fail / Svea Closser. p. ; cm. Includes bibliograpical references and index. ISBN 98--8-8- (clot : alk. paper) ISBN 98--8-9-8 (pbk : alk. paper) . Poliomyelitis—Pakistan. . World Healt Organization. Global Polio Eradication Initiative. I. Title. [DNLM: . World Healt Organization. Global Polio Eradication Initiative. . Poliomyelitis—prevention & control—Pakistan. . Healt Policy—Pakistan. . International Agencies—organization & administration—Pakistan. . Mass Immunization—organization & administration—Pakistan. . Organizational Culture—Pakistan. . Poliovirus Vaccines—Pakistan. WC  Cc ] RA.P9C  .9'8—dc 99

For my parents, with thanks and love

Contents

 List of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  Introduction  Bus Number 11  Polio Eradication in Policy  he Moving Target  Polio Eradication in Practice  Public Buses  Kaifabad  Land Cruisers  Islamabad  Air Travel  Geneva  he End of te Line  Conclusion  Notes  Works Cited  Index

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List of Illustrations

Figures

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Polio Eradication Initiative timeline

Polio Eradication Initiative’s yearly

expenditure and estimate of cases globally Polio Eradication Initiative at te global level Polio Eradication Initiative at te national level: Islamabad Polio Eradication Initiative at te district level Polio cases in Pakistan by type, –8

Photographs

Lady ealt workers calk-marking a ouse Streetscape in rural Kaifabad Urban slum in Kaifabad A lady ealt worker Nomadic cild vaccinated in tent Nomadic cild traveling troug Kaifabad Land Cruiser in Islamabad Leaders of te Polio Eradication Initiative he culture of optimism

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