WHO knows best? National and international responses to pandemic threats and the "lessons" of 1976

dc.contributor	Wichita State University. Department of History
dc.contributor.author	Dehner, George
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-10T19:30:17Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-10T19:30:17Z
dc.date.issued	2010-10-01
dc.identifier.citation	Dehner G. 2010. "WHO knows best? National and international responses to pandemic threats and the "lessons" of 1976". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 65 (4): 478-513.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-5045
dc.identifier.issn	1468-4373
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/4444
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrq002
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dc.description.abstract	The discovery of a novel influenza strain at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1976-dubbed Swine Flu-prompted differing responses from national and international health organizations. The United States crafted a vaccination campaign to inoculate every citizen; conversely, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended a 'wait and see' policy. An examination of the WHO conference that issued the influenza policy reveals the decision was driven by the limits of its member states' ability to produce inactivated vaccine and concern over the premature use of unstable live-virus vaccines. The WHO recommendation's reliance upon an uneven surveillance system would have replicated the 1957 and 1968 vaccination failures if a pandemic had appeared.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences;2010:, v.65, no.4
dc.title	WHO knows best? National and international responses to pandemic threats and the "lessons" of 1976	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed
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