Open AccessA new paradigm for international disease control: lessons learned from polio eradication in Southeast Asia
Author(s) -
Jon Kim Andrus,
Arun Thapa,
Nalini Withana,
John W. Fitzsimmons,
Palitha Abeykoon,
Bruce Aylward
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.1.146
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , poliomyelitis eradication , medicine , disease eradication , southeast asia , environmental health , malaria , transmission (telecommunications) , indigenous , developing country , socioeconomics , public health , economic growth , poliovirus , geography , disease , virology , biology , ethnology , immunology , virus , ecology , pathology , sociology , economics , electrical engineering , history , engineering , nursing
This study evaluated the impact of international coordination on polio eradication in Southeast Asia.