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2010

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Vanderbilt University Press

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9780826517104

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English

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

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Publié par

Vanderbilt University Press

Date de parution

16 août 2010

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780826517104

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

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

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

Chasing Polio in Pakistan

Why the World’s Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail

S C

Vanderbilt University Press 

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

ix xi 1 23 25 53 55 93 95 121 123 150 151 171 173

195 209 225

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

41 48

49 51 138

61 62 63 63 64 65 120 167 169

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