A Tale of Two Global Health Programs Smallpox Eradication's Lessons for the Antipolio Campaign in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11038103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanjoy Bhattacharya (0000-0002-5279-4047, Sanjoy Bhattacharya is with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, London, UK. Rajib Dasgupta is with the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.), Rajib Dasgupta (0000-0003-0609-9796, Sanjoy Bhattacharya is with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London, London, UK. Rajib Dasgupta is with the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1176-1184 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2008.135624 |
| PMID | 19528668 |
| PMCID | PMC2696658 |
| OpenAlex | W2147143526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
India provided one of the most challenging chapters of the worldwide smallpox eradication program. The campaign was converted from a project in which a handful of officials tried to impose their ideas on a complex health bureaucracy to one in which its components were constantly adapted to the requirements of a variety of social, political, and economic contexts. This change, achieved mainly through the active participation of workers drawn from local communities in the 1970s, proved to be a momentous policy adaptation that contributed to certification of smallpox eradication in 1980. However, this lesson appears to have been largely forgotten by those currently managing the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. We hope to show ways in which contemporary efforts to eliminate polio worldwide might profitably draw on historical information, which can indicate meaningful ways in which institutional adaptability is likely to help counter the political and social challenges being encountered in India
Bureaucracy · Economic growth · Economics · Poliomyelitis · Poliomyelitis eradication · Political science · Politics · Public health · Smallpox · Vaccination · Biotechnology and Related Fields · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Viral Infections and Immunology Research · Virology · Zoonotic diseases and public health
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |