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Polio. Part 8 Kill or Cure, Series 1
Title
Polio. Part 8 [electronic resource (video)] : Kill or Cure, Series 1 / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2004.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 14, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
When polio vaccines were first developed, many experts thought the disease would be fully eradicated within decades. Tragically, as this film shows, it has survived in places like Afghanistan and northern Nigeria. These locations are now acting as disease reservoirs, with children the hardest-hit demographic and with travelers re-infecting other countries once thought invulnerable. Additionally, in the pre-vaccine world, everyone had a degree of natural resistance to polio, but now, after decades of immunization, most Westerners have none. And with polio just a distant memory to most people under age 50, immunization rates are falling, and the disease, which can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours, is poised for a comeback. Despite the vital efforts of the WHO and other groups, is the world fighting a losing battle against the disease?
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Kill or cure (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2004
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Kill or Cure ; Series 1
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Global Polio Resurgence (4:48)
Polio Virus Genetic Data (5:13)
Campaign Against Polio (3:08)
Polio in Pakistan (2:15)
Polio War Room (2:14)
Polio Vaccination in Egypt (3:49)
Credits: Polio: Kill or Cure, Series 1 (0:23)
Videorecording number
43889s Infobase
43897 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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