Chasing Polio in Pakistan

Author: Svea Closser
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0826517099
Category: Medical

Chasing Polio in Pakistan: Why the World's Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail

The number of global polio cases has fallen dramatically and eradication is within sight, but despite extraordinary efforts, polio retains its grip in a few areas. Download Chasing Polio in Pakistan medical books for free.
Anthropologist Svea Closser follows the trajectory of the polio eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last four countries in the world with endemic polio. Journeying from vaccination campaigns in rural Pakistan to the center of global health decision making at the World Health Organization in Geneva, the author explores the historical and cultural underpinnings of eradication as a public health strategy, and reveals the culture of optimism that characterizes--and sometimes cripples--global health institutions.

With a keen ethnographic eye, Closser describes the complex Get Chasing Polio in Pakistan our bestseller medical books.

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Anthropologist Svea Closser follows the trajectory of the polio eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last four countries in the world with endemic polio

With a keen ethnographic eye, Closser describes the complex

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