POLIO'S
END GAME
OCTOBER 2012
ROTARIAN
Question: What might cause you to change
strategy?
Thomas R. Friedman: The basic strategy is to
provide multiple doses of effective vaccines to large numbers of children, with
efforts guided by precise virologic surveillance. Refinements in that strategy
have occurred during the last decade when it was clear that many more doses of
vaccine were needed in some areas, or that some at risk groups were being
missed. All of the partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are open
to innovative suggestions for getting the job done faster. Continuous
innovation - such as bivalent vaccine and vial monitors that change colors if
the cold chain has been broken - is an integral part of the strategy to get over
the finish line.
* Tom Friedman is the director of the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
WEEK ENDING
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
TOTAL CASES
2011: 650
TOTAL CASES
2012: 187
AFGHANISTAN 2012
27 CASES
NIGERIA 2012:
101 CASES
PAKISTAN 2012:
54 CASES
PS: Remember Certification is our ultimate goal.
Thanks for all of your efforts over the years on behalf of Polio Eradication
and Certification.
John Salyers
Polio Chair D6740
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