The Polio Campaign — The Polio Emergency

Science        
3 August 2012 vol 337, issue 6094, pages 497-612
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

News Focus
Polio Campaign
The Polio Emergency
Leslie Roberts
Science 3 August 2012: 514-516.
Can a tough new taskmaster and ramped-up program finally push the global eradication initiative over the finish line?
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Polio Campaign
Fighting Polio in Pakistan
Leslie Roberts
Science 3 August 2012: 517-521.
Pakistan’s 18-year struggle shows why it is so hard to eradicate polio from its last few strongholds.
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Podcast Interview

Polio Campaign
Closing a Deadly Refuge
Leslie Roberts
Science 3 August 2012: 520-521.
On 17 July in the town of Gadap in Karachi, Pakistan, two gunmen shot at two men who were participating in a national polio vaccination campaign—sadly, a not uncommon occurrence.
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