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A Battle Won: The Elimination of Poliomyelitis in Cuba (2015)

Beldarraín Chaple, Enrique (Author)

História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 22, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 961-983

DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702015000300018

Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Spanish. Part of a Series: Histories of Poliomyeltis

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Poliomyelitis was introduced in Cuba in the late nineteenth century by American residents in Isla de Pinos. The first epidemics occurred in 1906 and 1909 and increased in intensity between 1930 and 1958. The scope of the paper is to reconstruct the history of the disease and its epidemics in Cuba prior to 1961, the first National Polio Vaccination Campaign (1962) and its results, as well as analyze the ongoing annual vaccination campaigns through to certified elimination of the disease (1994). The logical historical method was used and archival documents and statistics from the Ministry of Health on morbidity and mortality through 2000 were reviewed. Gross morbidity and mortality rates were calculated and interviews with key figures were conducted.

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Article Alvarez, Adriana; Nascimento, Dilene Raimundo do (2015) Losses and Gains Two Decades after Latin America Was Declared a Poliomyelitis-Free Zone. História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos (pp. 923-924). unapi

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