The politics of polio
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10/06/2008
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Pushpa M. Bhargava Even the appropriate WHO document clearly states that there is evidence that OPV has not worked in developing countries. That Sabin's oral polio vaccine (OPV) has not been able to eradicate polio in our country, is now well established (inter alia, Economic and Political Weekly, 4-11-06, p. 4538-4540; and 23-12-06, p.5229-5237; Tehelka, 11-11-06, p.8-9; The Hindu, Hyderabad, November 13, 2006, p.11; Down to Earth, 31-12-06, p.24-31; Conclusions Recommendations of a National Consultative Meeting organised by Ind ian Medical Association in New Delhi on May 14, 2006; Editorial in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, (IJMR), January 2007, p. 1-4; and numerous other articles in some of the world's best known scientific journals, such as Science.) Not only that the cases of non