Poliomyelitis (Polio) Vaccine

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The Doctor is In

Albert B Sabin s Polio Vaccine Effectively Eliminated Polio from America s Children Here he poses with the pill in front of the virus

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Filed under the good old days Fifty years ago on April 12 1955 Dr Thomas Francis Jr director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health announced to the

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Apart from a local reaction side effects are extremely rare This page was last modified on 11 March 2005

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these ages 2 months 4 months 6 18 months and booster dose at 4 6 years OPV has not been used in the United States since 2000 but is still used in many parts of the world

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vaccines IPV in Canada in 1955 and of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine OPV in 1962 indigenously acquired disease has been eliminated see Figure 13 Epidemiology In Canada

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Polio in Canada The Epidemic Era Incidence Statistics 1927 1962 Poliomyelitis Incidence in Canada 1927 1962 From C J Rutty Do Something Do Anything Poliomyelitis in Canada 1927 1962 Ph D Thesis University of Toronto 1995

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September 2 2005 Canada Post Launched Stamp Celebrating 50th Anniversary of the Salk Polio Vaccine

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Click on image for pdf version of original article

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of schoolchildren was begun and resulted in 60 to 70 percent prevention Between 1955 and 1957 the annual number of new cases of polio in the United States decreased from 28 985 to 5 894 A school nurse stands by on March 10 1954 as Dr Jonas Salk injects an 8 year old Pittsburgh schoolgirl with polio vaccine still experimental The March of Dimes helped fund the first

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A health care worker gives a polio vaccine to Somali children © AP Images

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View article about the exhibit tour from Polio Canada newsletter Polio Historical Display Goes on the Road PoliO Canada Vol 2 1 Spring 2006 2 3 view pdf file here

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Thumbnail Figure 1 Different stages of Vaccine Vial Monitor

Figure 1 Different stages of Vaccine Vial Monitor used for Polio vial The World Health Assembly passed a resolution in May 1988 to eradicate polio from earth by 2000 AD Among countries where polio is endemic India is the largest country which accounts for more than 50 of polio cases reported globally This study was conducted with following objectives to evaluate and compare various aspects relating to booth activity and house to house activity in IPPI programme in urban and rural areas of South Gujarat region 1 number of children below five years covered for immunization 2 number of booth workers attended training for the polio immunization 3 involvement of community members in each booth 4 participation of booth workers in mobilizing children to the booths 5 knowledge of booth members regarding Vaccine Vial Monitor where it is located on vial correct description of various stages of VVM how VVM read 1 With this regard India has started the Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization IPPI since 1995 Poliomyelitis is the commonest cause of Acute Flaccid Paralysis AFP in India and thus polio eradication is an urgent necessity 6 source of information of parents guardians about IPPI and 2 Available options are provision of safe and wholesome water proper sanitation Figure 1 Different stages of Vaccine Vial Monitor used for Polio vial The World Health Assembly passed a resolution in May 1988 to eradicate polio from earth by 2000 AD Among countries where polio is endemic India is the largest country which accounts for more than 50 of polio cases reported globally This study was conducted with following objectives to evaluate and compare various aspects relating to booth activity and house to house activity in IPPI programme in urban and rural areas of South Gujarat region 1 number of children below five years covered for immunization 2 number of booth workers attended training for the polio immunization 3 involvement of community members in each booth 4 part

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13 linear feet Finding Aid Children that participated in the 1954 field trials of the Salk vaccine were dubbed polio pioneers University of Michigan Alumni Association Box 137

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Facts Sheets on Vaccine Preventable Diseases What is poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis polio also known as infantile paralysis is a very contagious viral disease that can cause paralysis and sometimes death Polio is still common in

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of the collection is the Detroit Department of Health material which includes a report and information on poliomyelitis in Detroit in 1939 Harlan Hatcher Thomas Francis Jonas Salk Basil O Connor at the Polio Vaccine Anouncement University of Michigan News and Information Services Box E 13

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Health Yearbook 1955

Some 250 articles of outstanding significance published between July 1 1954 and December 31 1955 are summarized by Dr Oliver E Byrd in this latest in his series of Health Yearbooks The most recent reports by medical science record findings that help to answer such questions as What are the values and limitations of reserpine and comparable drugs in the treatment of mental illness p 54 What are the effects on human populations of increases in high energy radiation through the explosions of A bombs and H bombs and through widespread medical use of X rays p 77 How safe is vaccination against poliomyelitis p 92 In what ways can animal diseases be spread to man p 104 Can an injury cause arthritis p 120 How effective are toothpastes containing quot antienzymes quot in preventing tooth decay p 186 What should you keep in mind in selecting a health and accident policy p 231 What trends in health patterns can we expect in the United States in the next two decades p 307 Edited and compiled by Oliver E Byrde Ed D M D This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the following original edition Health Yearbook 1955 Edited and compiled by Oliver E Byrde Ed D M D Published by Stanford University Press ISBN 080470497X 9780804704977 339 pages Contents Health as a Social Accomplishment 1 tuberculosis Puerto Rico accident experience Health as a Social Problem 11 leukemia syphilis Hiroshima Nutrition and Health 24 vitamin B12 antimetabolite dental decay Physical Fitness 42 urine epidural space epidural hemorrhage Mental Health and Disease 54 reserpine chlorpromazine tension headache Heredity and Eugenics 74 retinoblastoma gouty arthritis diabetic Infection and Immunity 84 tuberculosis penicillin tetanus Chronic and Degenerative Disorders 110 angina pectoris myocardial infarction glaucoma HabitForming Substances 135 lung cancer narcotics nicotine Sight Hearing and Speech 155 pure tone audiometry decibels speech disord

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