Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication by Abraham, Thomas

Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781849049566)

Vendor: Thomas Abraham
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Format: Hardcover
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Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication by Abraham, Thomas

Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication

$32.50
Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication by Abraham, Thomas

Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication

$32.50
Format: Hardcover
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In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike.
How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers.


Author: Thomas Abraham
ISBN-10: 1849049564
ISBN-13: 9781849049566
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2018
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.90d

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Choice 04/01/2019
By Thomas Abraham
By Thomas Abraham
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Thomas Abraham is Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Center, University of Hong Kong, where he teaches health and science journalism. He has worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva and is the author of Twenty-First-Century Plague: The Story of SARS.

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