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19528668

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
India provided one of the most challenging chapters of the worldwide smallpox eradication program. The campaign was converted from a project in which a handful of officials tried to impose their ideas on a complex health bureaucracy to one in which its components were constantly adapted to the requirements of a variety of social, political, and economic contexts. This change, achieved mainly through the active participation of workers drawn from local communities in the 1970s, proved to be a momentous policy adaptation that contributed to certification of smallpox eradication in 1980. However, this lesson appears to have been largely forgotten by those currently managing the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. We hope to show ways in which contemporary efforts to eliminate polio worldwide might profitably draw on historical information, which can indicate meaningful ways in which institutional adaptability is likely to help counter the political and social challenges being encountered in India.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1541-0048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1176-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A tale of two global health programs. Smallpox eradication's lessons for the antipolio campaign in India.
pubmed:affiliation
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. sanjoy.bhattacharya@ucl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't