Search results for: Polio

Price of Poliomyelitis

1 August 1963

…times greater than his risk of contracting acute poliomyelitis even during the years when the incidence of poliomyelitis was at its height. The magnitude of the impact of paralytic poliomyelitis…

Residue of Poliomyelitis

7 January 1965

…Poliomyelitis”, published in 1963. With the help and co-operation of the British Polio Fellowship, it proved possible to mount a survey of members of the B.P.F. who had been disabled…

Immunisation for Everyone – The Polio Experience

1 September 1979

…medical, social and economic aspects of the EPI with special reference to polio control. The severe, potentially handicapping effects of this condition, the fact that without immunisation it is likely…

Childhood Vaccination: Current Controversies

1 July 1984

…of diphtheria and only one death. Poliomyelitis provides further evidence of the potential benefits of an effective programme of immunisation. During the quinquennium preceding the introduction of a mass immunisation…

New: 50 Years of OHE Publications Are Available Online

2 April 2012

…use of beta blockers, with propranolol and pronethalol, revolutionising the treatment of angina pectoris. That same year, the oral polio vaccine was introduced in the UK and a new routine…

The Impact of New Medicines in the NHS: 70 Years of Innovation

14 August 2018

…were selected from a longer list of 37 on the basis of the qualitative evidence. The ten medicines are: Chlorpromazine Polio vaccine Oral contraceptives Second to fourth generation penicillins Beta…

Building for Health

1 July 1970

…capital assets. For example, with the development of medicines and other means of combatting tuberculosis, the old sanitoria are no longer necessary. The success of poliomyelitis vaccination has meant the…

Pharmaceutical Innovation: Recent Trends, Future Prospects

1 October 1983

…of and mortality from, for example, diphtheria, acute poliomyelitis, syphilis and whooping cough. One of the consequences of these and other improvements has been a halving of the child mortality…

Vaccines

…remarkable reductions in polio cases, and effective containment of measles outbreaks. Beyond individual immunity, vaccines contribute to community well-being by establishing herd immunity. This phenomenon occurs when a significant portion…