Insecurity, polio vaccination rates, and polio incidence in northwest Pakistan [Social Sciences]

Pakistan is one of three countries in which endemic transmission of poliovirus has never been stopped. Insecurity is often cited but poorly studied as a barrier to eradicating polio. We analyzed routinely collected health data from 32 districts of northwest Pakistan and constructed an index of insecurity based on journalistic...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Amol A. Verma, Marcia P. Jimenez, Rudolf H. Tangermann, S. V. Subramanian, Fahad Razak Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research