Polio - The Beginning of the End (WHO, 1997, 113 p.): (introduction...)

Polio - The Beginning of the End (WHO, 1997, 113 p.)

		*(introduction...)*
		Foreword
		Preface
		Introduction: Making history
		Chapter 1: Preventing polio
		Chapter 2: Polio eradication
		Chapter 3: Certification
		Chapter 4: A gift from the 20th to the 21st century
		Chapter 5: First victories
		Chapter 6: A failure to immunize
		Chapter 7: A ceasefire for children
		Chapter 8: The Rotary crusade
		Chapter 9: Benefits of polio eradication
		Annex: Statistics

(introduction...)

WHO/EPI/GEN/97.03 · DISTR: GENERAL


· World Health Organization · Geneva 1997

Text written by Sheila Davey
Front cover photo: Liba Taylor
Back cover photo: Rotary International

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Printed: May 1997
First reprint, with minor revisions: December 1997

Printed in Switzerland 1997

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