The eradication of poliomyelitis from Peru, 1991

D. Sobti, M. Cueto and Y. He

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 12, 2298-2305

Abstract: The fight to achieve global eradication of poliomyelitis continues. Although native transmission of poliovirus was halted in the Western Hemisphere by the early 1990s, and only a few cases have been imported in the past few years, much of Latin America's story remains to be told. Peru conducted a successful flexible, or flattened, vertical campaign in 1991. The initial disease-oriented programs began to collaborate with community-oriented primary health care systems, thus strengthening public- private partnerships and enabling the common goal of poliomyelitis eradication to prevail despite rampant terrorism, economic instability, and political turmoil. Committed leaders in Peru's Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization, and Rotary International, as well as dedicated health workers who acted with missionary zeal, facilitated acquisition of adequate technologies, coordinated work at the local level, and increased community engagement, despite sometimes being unable to institutionalize public health improvements. © 2013 American Public Health Association.

Keywords: developing country; epidemiology; health survey; history; history; human; Peru; poliomyelitis; preventive health service; public health service; world health organization, Developing Countries; History, 20th Century; Humans; Immunization Programs; Pan American Health Organization; Peru; Poliomyelitis; Public Health Practice; Public Health Surveillance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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