Global Disease Eradication
American Society for Microbiology (Verlag)
978-1-55581-225-6 (ISBN)
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A look into the debate surrounding global disease eradication. * Presents the history of the campaigns to eradicate malaria, smallpox, and polio. * Examines the social, political, scientific, and economic considerations of global disease eradication.
This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Table of Contents
Eradication: a Prologue
Malaria and the Magic Bullet
Outbreak
Two Children
Swamps, Farms, and Bad Air
Escalating Pressure
Learning from the Past: Hard Lessons, Hard Work
Biology Plays Its Hand
Social Issues Loom Large
Fatal Inflexibility: One Plan to Fit All
The Price of Failure
Forward to the Present
Magic Bullets: Malaria, Man, and Mosquito: the Biologic Perspective
Smallpox: the Right Disease, the Right Time
Fading Scars
From Golden Needles to Vaccine
Moving toward Control
Thinking About Eradication
Commitment, Evolution, Success
Smallpox Zero
The Smallpox Dividend: An Incomplete Life: the Biologi Perspective
Polio: the Rise and Fall of a Disease
The Countdown
Biologic Realities
The Invisible Disease
The Clearing Picture
President Roosevelt's Other War
The Needs of the World
Brazil's Attack
Coming to America
Going Global
Measures of Success--or Failure
The End Game: Another Virus, Another Vaccine: the Biologic Perspective
The Future for Global Disease Eradication
Biologic Feasibility
Financial Resources
Political Will
Social Benefit
The Next Campaign
Epilogue: Voices from the Eradication Campaigns
Christopher Plowe and Abdoulaye Djimde: Malaria Warriors
Donald Ainslie Henderson: Politics and Public Health
William Foege: Legacy of the Smallpox Campaign
Sharon Bloom: When Politics Are Local
Phillip Spradling: from Primary Care to the Mountains of Nepal
Kathy Kohler: Fulfilling a Dream
Alice Pope: a Passion for People
Duane Kilgus: from Desk to Desert
Virginia Swezy: a Champion in the Final Leg of the Race
Steve Stewart: Roads and Rivers
Fabio Leviano: Opening Pandora's Box
Donald Hopkins: the Blowing of a Certain Trumpet
Walter Dowdle: the Leader People Barely Know Exists
Steve Cochi: Turning Dreams into Reality
The World Health Organization
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.2003 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55581-225-2 / 1555812252 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55581-225-6 / 9781555812256 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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