Achieving the end game: employing “vaccine diplomacy” to eradicate polio in Pakistan

Achieving the end game: employing “vaccine diplomacy” to eradicate polio in Pakistan

Abstract Background On April 28, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared polio a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHIC) under the authority of the International Health Regulations. Although polio has been eradicated from nearly every nation on earth, Pakistan is one of...

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Main Authors: Shahella Idrees Shakeel, Matthew Brown, Shakeel Sethi, Tim K. Mackey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Wild polio virus (WPV)
Circulatory vaccine derived polio virus (cVDPV)
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)
Vaccine diplomacy
Polio eradication
Health diplomacy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6393-1

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