Some Aspects of Poliomyelitis in New Zealand
Author : Jean Caroline Ross
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Poliomyelitis
ISBN : 9780473029142
Author : Jean Caroline Ross
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Poliomyelitis
ISBN : 9780473029142
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309048958
Childhood immunization is one of the major public health measures of the 20th century and is now receiving special attention from the Clinton administration. At the same time, some parents and health professionals are questioning the safety of vaccines because of the occurrence of rare adverse events after immunization. This volume provides the most thorough literature review available about links between common childhood vaccinesâ€"tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, polio, Haemophilus influenzae b, and hepatitis Bâ€"and specific types of disorders or death. The authors discuss approaches to evidence and causality and examine the consequencesâ€"neurologic and immunologic disorders and deathâ€"linked with immunization. Discussion also includes background information on the development of the vaccines and details about the case reports, clinical trials, and other evidence associating each vaccine with specific disorders. This comprehensive volume will be an important resource to anyone concerned about the immunization controversy: public health officials, pediatricians, attorneys, researchers, and parents.
Author : Matthew Smallman-Raynor
Publisher : Oxford Geographical and Enviro
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199244744
In the 20th century, poliomyelitis emerged to become a global crippler and killer. But, with the development of preventive vaccines in the 1950s, it looks set to be the first disease to be eliminated by direct human intervention. Divided into four parts, this book presents a world geography of poliomyelitis.
Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Orthopedic surgery
ISBN :
Author : United States. Army Medical Department
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Orthopedic surgery
ISBN :
Author : Gareth Millward
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 152612677X
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Vaccinating Britain shows how the British public has played a central role in the development of vaccination policy since the Second World War. It explores the relationship between the public and public health through five key vaccines – diphtheria, smallpox, poliomyelitis, whooping cough and measles-mumps-rubella (MMR). It reveals that while the British public has embraced vaccination as a safe, effective and cost-efficient form of preventative medicine, demand for vaccination and trust in the authorities that provide it has ebbed and flowed according to historical circumstances. It is the first book to offer a long-term perspective on vaccination across different vaccine types. This history provides context for students and researchers interested in present-day controversies surrounding public health immunisation programmes. Historians of the post-war British welfare state will find valuable insight into changing public attitudes towards institutions of government and vice versa.
Author : National Health Statistics Centre (N.Z.)
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 1968
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1787380866
In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a twelve-year campaign to wipe out polio. Thirty years and several billion dollars over budget later, the campaign grinds on, vaccinating millions of children and hoping that each new year might see an end to the disease. But success remains elusive, against a surprisingly resilient virus, an unexpectedly weak vaccine and the vagaries of global politics, meeting with indifference from governments and populations alike. How did an innocuous campaign to rid the world of a crippling disease become a hostage of geopolitics? Why do parents refuse to vaccinate their children against polio? And why have poorly paid door-to-door healthworkers been assassinated? Thomas Abraham reports on the ground in search of answers.
Author : New Zealand. Department of Health
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 1969
Category : New Zealand
ISBN :
Author : June Opie
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Authors, New Zealand
ISBN : 9780790004884
The author's battle to overcome polio - her time in St Mary's Hospital, where she recuperated for two years - her return to New Zealand and how her disability affected her life.