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Incorporating many rare photographs--most never made public before--from the family albums of survivors who tell their stories in this volume, Harvard professor Julie Silver, M.D., and historian Daniel Wilson help readers understand the sheer terror that gripped parents of young children every spring and summer during the first half of the 20th century as polio epidemics ran rampant. Interviewed as part of the Polio Oral History Project directed by Silver and funded by Harvard, foundations, and private donors, the people featured in this book describe what is arguably the most feared scourge of modern times. Polio killed and maimed millions of Americans. Silver, Wilson, and their interviewees take us into homes and across time to understand the disease's effect on the family and the community. Testimonies are included from people who worked in polio wards, as well as from those involved in worldwide eradication efforts. The book also addresses the emergence of the polio and disability rights movement, the challenges of post-polio syndrome, and the state of polio research and developments today. And it explores the concern that polio could return in an even more vicious form as a result of bioterrorism. This work will be of interest to anyone intrigued by health and medical history; infectious disease and other epidemics; the psychological effects of disease on children, adults, and communities; politics in the Roosevelt era; and bioterrorism..
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In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the United States, Mexico embarked on an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. This new history explores the politics of that campaign. Marcos Cueto describes the international basis of the program, its national organization in Mexico, its local implementation by health practitioners and workers, and its reception among the population. Drawing on archives in the United States, Mexico, and Switzerland, he highlights the militant Cold War rhetoric of the founders and analyzes the mixed motives of participants at all levels. Following the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today's international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.

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This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015. The book aims to bring together arguments, findings and lessons from the development literature which are relevant to the achievement of these goals from the standpoint of gender equality. It draws out the inter-connections between production and gender (and women's critical role in straddling both) and their implications for poverty eradication strategies and the achievement of human-centred economic growth..
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One of Superman's greatest foes, the Eradicator, trasnsforms the Man of Steel into a brutal, emotionless monster over the course of these seven stories Along the way, Superman also battle Lobo, Maxima and Draaga. This storyline foreshadowed events in THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN. Graphic novel format..
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Milestones in Public Health describes eleven public health milestones from the 20th century Each chapter outlines the history behind the milestone and provides a case study, a vignette, and a reflection on the challenges that lie ahead in each topic area. Examples of the topics covered by the book are: vaccines, automotive safety, environmental health, infectious disease control, cancer, cardiovascular disease, safer and healthier foods, advances in maternal and child health, oral health, addiction, US Public health infrastructure..
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In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for global eradication of polio. Today, this goal is closer than ever. Fewer than 2,000 people died from the disease in 2002, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In "The Death of a Disease," science writers Bernard Seytre and Mary Shaffer tell the dramatic story of this crippling virus that has evoked terror among parents and struck down healthy children for centuries. Beginning in ancient Egypt, the narrative explores the earliest stages of research, describes the wayward paths taken by a long line of scientists - each of whom made a vital contribution to understanding this enigmatic virus - and traces the development of Salk and Sabin vaccines. The book also tracks the contemporary polio story, detailing the remaining obstacles as well as the medical, governmental, and international health efforts that are currently being focused developing countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Niger. At a time when emerging diseases and the threat of bioterrorism are the focus of much media public attention, this book tells the story of a crippling disease that is on the verge of disappearing. In face of tremendous odds, the near-eradication of polio offers an inspiring story that is both encouraging instructive to those at the center of the continued fight against communicable diseases..
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Based on a workshop on the Forum on Emerging Infections, held February 1-2, 2001. Provides information on the dynamics of disease eradication and post-immunization policies. Softcover. DNLM: Communicable Disease Controll--trends--Congresses. .
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