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Post-poliomyelitis syndrome.
Int Med Case Rep J
August 2019
Downtown Chiropractic Limited, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Most developed countries eliminated paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) in the 1970s to 1980s. It was believed that after recovery from acute paralytic poliomyelitis, the physical condition of survivors would remain stable for the rest of their lives. However, the elimination of polio does not equate the end of medical management of polio.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute flaccid paralysis surveillance systems for expansion to other diseases, 2003-2004.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
December 2004
Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, the number of countries where polio is endemic has decreased from 125 in 1988 to six at the end of 2003. As part of the eradication strategy, a global surveillance system was established to 1) identify acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in children aged < or =15 years and 2) deploy a network of accredited laboratories to perform virologic testing of stool specimens to determine whether the paralysis resulted from poliovirus infection. As AFP surveillance systems matured, countries increasingly applied AFP surveillance strategies and infrastructure to detect other diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProgress toward poliomyelitis eradication--Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2003-May 2004.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
July 2004
Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, the number of countries where polio is endemic decreased from approximately 125 to six by the end of 2003. In 2003, poliovirus importations were reported in 10 countries, including eight in West and Central Africa, one in Southern Africa (Botswana), and one in the Middle East (Lebanon). Two countries where poliovirus remains endemic are Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are analyzed together because of their geographic proximity, frequent cross-border population movements, and genetically similar wild poliovirus (WPV) lineages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Alterations in epidemics and vaccination for measles during a 20 year period and a strategy for elimination in Kurashiki City, Japan].
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
March 2002
Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School.
In Japan, an epidemic of measles occurs every few years. An estimated 100-200,000 people contract the disease each year and 50-100 patients die. Following the eradication of poliomyelitis, the World Health Organization made plans for global eradication of measles, and the Japanese Association of Pediatricians began advocating vaccination to eliminate measles in Japan by 2005.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStrategies for eradication of poliomyelitis--the Indian experience.
Indian J Public Health
July 2001
National Polio Surveillance Project-India, (WHO), India.
Substantial progress has been made towards achieving global eradication of poliomyelitis by the end of the year 2000; the goal set by the World Health Assembly in May 1988. The basic strategies to eradicate polio are: attaining high routine coverage with at least three doses of OPV; conducting national immunization days (NIDs) in polio endemic countries; establishing a sensitive system of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance to track wild poliovirus circulation; and conducting "mopping-up" immunization when polio is reduced to focal transmission. By the end of 2000.
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