Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication

by Thomas Abraham

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849049564
• ISBN13: 9781849049566
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"