Global Disease Eradication

by Needham, Cynthia A.; Canning, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781555812256
• ISBN10: 1555812252
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

ICAN Productions, Ltd., Stowe, VT. Text presents the history of three eradication campaigns for malaria, smallpox, and polio. Discusses the social, practical and scientific value of each eradication campaign. Presents clear evaluations of these efforts for consideration in future efforts toward protecting children worldwide. DNLM: Communicable Disease Control.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Eradication: a Prologue	1	(4)
Malaria and the Magic Bullet	5	(38)
Two Children	7	(3)
Swamps, Farms, and Bad Air	10	(2)
Escalating Pressure	12	(3)
Learning from the Past: Hard Lessons, Hard Work	15	(5)
Biology Plays Its Hand	20	(2)
Social Issues Loom Large	22	(5)
Fatal Inflexibility: One Plan To Fit All	27	(1)
The Price of Failure	28	(2)
Forward to the Present	30	(6)
Magic Bullets	36	(7)
Malaria, Man, and Mosquito: the Biologic Perspective	38	(5)
Smallpox: the Right Disease, the Right Time	43	(34)
Fading Scars	45	(1)
From Golden Needles to Vaccine	46	(3)
Moving Toward Control	49	(1)
Thinking about Eradication	50	(6)
Commitment, Evolution, Success	56	(4)
Smallpox Zero	60	(8)
The Smallpox Dividend	68	(9)
An Incomplete Life: the Biologic Perspective	72	(5)
Polio: the Rise and Fall of a Disease	77	(40)
Biologic Realities	81	(2)
The Invisible Disease	83	(4)
The Clearing Picture	87	(1)
President Roosevelt's Other War	88	(4)
The Needs of the World	92	(2)
Brazil's Attack	94	(3)
Coming to America	97	(4)
Going Global	101	(2)
Measures of Success---or Failure	103	(4)
The End Game	107	(10)
Another Virus, Another Vaccine: the Biologic Perspective	112	(5)
The Future for Global Disease Eradication	117	(30)
Biologic Feasibility	119	(4)
Financial Resources	123	(5)
Political Will	128	(3)
Social Benefit	131	(8)
The Next Campaign	139	(8)
Epilogue Voices from the Eradication Campaigns	147	(36)
Christopher Plowe and Abdoulaye Djimde: Malaria Warriors	147	(2)
Donald Ainslie Henderson: Politics and Public Health	149	(3)
William Foege: Legacy of the Smallpox Campaign	152	(2)
Sharon Bloom: When Politics Are Local	154	(2)
Phillip Spradling: from Primary Care to the Mountains of Nepal	156	(2)
Kathy Kohler: Fulfilling a Dream	158	(3)
Alice Pope: a Passion for People	161	(2)
Duane Kilgus: from Desk to Desert	163	(3)
Virginia Swezy: a Champion in the Final Leg of the Race	166	(2)
Steve Stewart: Roads and Rivers	168	(3)
Fabio Leviano: Opening Pandora's Box	171	(3)
Donald Hopkins: the Blowing of a Certain Trumpet	174	(3)
Walter Dowdle: the Leader People Barely Know Exists	177	(2)
Steve Cochi: Turning Dreams into Reality	179	(2)
The World Health Organization	181	(2)
Bibliography	183	(4)
Index	187