From polio success to better health?

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3085, 2016, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The boat isn't going anywhere. The 12 women on board pull their shawls tighter against the chilly smog that has blocked all visibility. They are trying to cross an especially wide stretch of the river Ganges just outside Patna, capital of Bihar, the poorest state in India. The women work for India's polio campaign. This boat is the only way to reach migrant families that farm seasonal floodplains across the river, and immunize their children. Here, MacKenzie examines whether India can benefit from its work against polio.