Polio in Syria: Problem still not solved

The reappearance of polio in Syria in mid-2013, 18 years after it was eliminated from the country, manifests the public health catastrophe brought on by the civil war. Among the lessons learned, this outbreak emphasizes the importance of increasing the international financial and logistical support...

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Autores principales:	Ahmad Al Moujahed, Fares Alahdab, Heba Abolaban, Leo Beletsky
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017
Materias:	infectious diseases polio public health syria vaccination war Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aae625a2e7e34668bb67a6049f89f9592021-12-02T17:05:54ZPolio in Syria: Problem still not solved2231-07702249-446410.4103/ajm.AJM_173_16https://doaj.org/article/aae625a2e7e34668bb67a6049f89f9592017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_173_16https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464The reappearance of polio in Syria in mid-2013, 18 years after it was eliminated from the country, manifests the public health catastrophe brought on by the civil war. Among the lessons learned, this outbreak emphasizes the importance of increasing the international financial and logistical support for vaccine and immunization efforts, especially in countries suffering from conflicts. The lack of access to polio accredited laboratory or outright lack of laboratories in settings of conflict should be recognized allowing international surveillance to be strengthened by supplementing the laboratory definition with the clinical definition. In addition, it illustrates the imperative for the United Nations (UN) agencies involved in global health to be able to operate independently from governments during conflicts in order to provide adequate and efficient medical and humanitarian relief for civilians. Proper communicable disease surveillance and control, delivery of vaccinations, and other pivotal healthcare services to these areas require independence from governments and all military actors involved. Moreover, it shows the necessity to adequately support and fund the front-line nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that are implementing the delivery of medical and humanitarian aid in Syria.Ahmad Al MoujahedFares AlahdabHeba AbolabanLeo BeletskyThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleinfectious diseasespoliopublic healthsyriavaccinationwarMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 07, Iss 02, Pp 64-66 (2017)
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description	The reappearance of polio in Syria in mid-2013, 18 years after it was eliminated from the country, manifests the public health catastrophe brought on by the civil war. Among the lessons learned, this outbreak emphasizes the importance of increasing the international financial and logistical support for vaccine and immunization efforts, especially in countries suffering from conflicts. The lack of access to polio accredited laboratory or outright lack of laboratories in settings of conflict should be recognized allowing international surveillance to be strengthened by supplementing the laboratory definition with the clinical definition. In addition, it illustrates the imperative for the United Nations (UN) agencies involved in global health to be able to operate independently from governments during conflicts in order to provide adequate and efficient medical and humanitarian relief for civilians. Proper communicable disease surveillance and control, delivery of vaccinations, and other pivotal healthcare services to these areas require independence from governments and all military actors involved. Moreover, it shows the necessity to adequately support and fund the front-line nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that are implementing the delivery of medical and humanitarian aid in Syria.
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title	Polio in Syria: Problem still not solved
title_short	Polio in Syria: Problem still not solved
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Polio in Syria: Problem still not solved

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