Polio Eradication in India

Polio Eradication in India Tube. Duration : 78.65 Mins.

The polio crisis of the early 20th century has been largely forgotten in the US due to the effective immunization campaigns of the 1950s. Unfortunately, the wild poliovirus (WPV) still remains a real public health threat in many corners of the world with a disproportionate number of cases in India. This session of Public Health Grand Rounds focuses on current efforts to contain the remaining polio cases in India, as well as discuss measures needed to completely eradicate this public health burden globally. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: www.cdc.gov This video can also be viewed at www.cdc.gov

Keywords: CDC, Public Health Grand Rounds, Grand Rounds, disease prevention, India, polio, WPV, poliovirus, immunization, Salk, social, media

24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication

24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication Video Clips. Duration : 51.77 Mins.

Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (HIST 234) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest public health campaign ever launched, began in 1988 with the ambition of achieving its goal by the year 2000. In the decade since this deadline was missed, the initiative has suffered a number of setbacks, notably in the tropical world. Four major types of problems have impeded the eradication effort: operational, biological, political and religious. Northern Nigeria offers a case study of all of these factors, with domestic political and religious conflict, unsanitary conditions, and suspicion of Western medicine all undermining the anti-polio campaign. One of the questions raised by the campaign's struggle is whether or not eradication is itself a realistic public health goal, and to what extent smallpox furnishes a model precedent or a potentially misleading dream scenario. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Polio 13:33 - Chapter 2. A Social Disease in Reverse 23:52 - Chapter 3. Vaccination 38:32 - Chapter 4. Challenges to Eradication Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2010.

Keywords: polio, smallpox, vaccine, Jonas Salk, Alfred Sabin, March of Dimes, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Cuba, WHO, Rotary International, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Kano, Bruce Aylward, DA Henderson