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...things that can be achieved in the next few years. We can be the first generation in history where every child has a chance of education. And we have the chance over the next few years to eradicate some of the most deadly diseases of the world: tuberculosis, polio, diptheria, malaria. What we need is the political will to do so. If our generation can say in the '60s they put a man on the moon, and in 2007 we made sure that every child on earth had the chance of education and every one of those diseases that...
...Better,” Gawande looks critically at a host of problems in healthcare that range from hand washing in hospitals to eradicating polio in India...
...authors, who have worked together on polio since 2001, said their findings should inspire those fighting for polio vaccinations...
...hope is that this study is one that helps people who have been committed to polio eradication and particularly the donors who appreciate the value of what they’ve done and the imporatance of a sustained commitment,” Thompson said. “My hope is that the study will reach those folks...
...April 12 news article "HSPH Study Backs Polio Eradication" misrepresented the findings of a School of Public Health study on the impact of polio vaccinations. The article stated that the study had found that “if vaccinations stopped, 1.1 million cases of the disease could erupt in the United States alone, ultimately costing the country $180 billion more than if the original policy were maintained.” In fact, the researchers determined that if the United States had ceased vaccinations, 1.1 million cases of the disease would have broken out in the United States alone. The breakout...