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Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?

Since “Global Polio Eradication Initiative” was launched by World Health Assembly in 1988, the incidence rate of polio has been reduced by more than 99%, and the whole world has entered a post polio era nowadays. China has been a polio free status recognized by World Health Organization for 22 years...

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Autores principales: Zang, Jiancheng, Feng, Longfei, Wang, Jichao, Wang, Xiaonan, Li, Kun, Zhai, Xiaomei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743171
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076970
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author Zang, Jiancheng
Feng, Longfei
Wang, Jichao
Wang, Xiaonan
Li, Kun
Zhai, Xiaomei
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Feng, Longfei
Wang, Jichao
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Li, Kun
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description Since “Global Polio Eradication Initiative” was launched by World Health Assembly in 1988, the incidence rate of polio has been reduced by more than 99%, and the whole world has entered a post polio era nowadays. China has been a polio free status recognized by World Health Organization for 22 years and most people believe that no more public health concerns need to be given. How is the population of polio survivors in China? What strategies of health economics and actions of public health for those with polio are ethically appropriate? This article, first of all, deeply summarizes and analyzes the history, current situation and unmet needs of population with polio sequelae and post-polio syndrome in China, and then, puts forward important issues faced by polio survivors who natural infected and who due to vaccine associated paralytic polio and vaccine derived poliovirus. The management of polio survivor is not only a medical and rehabilitation problem involving accessibility, accommodations, but also a public health issue, and most importantly, an ethical concern. Furthermore, from the perspective of ethics such as Justice and Cooperation, the author demonstrates the rationality and necessity of continuing to pay more attention to polio sequela cases at this stage in China. Finally, many valuable suggestions and practical recommendations are given.
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spelling pubmed-98954042023-02-04 Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China? Zang, Jiancheng Feng, Longfei Wang, Jichao Wang, Xiaonan Li, Kun Zhai, Xiaomei Front Public Health Public Health Since “Global Polio Eradication Initiative” was launched by World Health Assembly in 1988, the incidence rate of polio has been reduced by more than 99%, and the whole world has entered a post polio era nowadays. China has been a polio free status recognized by World Health Organization for 22 years and most people believe that no more public health concerns need to be given. How is the population of polio survivors in China? What strategies of health economics and actions of public health for those with polio are ethically appropriate? This article, first of all, deeply summarizes and analyzes the history, current situation and unmet needs of population with polio sequelae and post-polio syndrome in China, and then, puts forward important issues faced by polio survivors who natural infected and who due to vaccine associated paralytic polio and vaccine derived poliovirus. The management of polio survivor is not only a medical and rehabilitation problem involving accessibility, accommodations, but also a public health issue, and most importantly, an ethical concern. Furthermore, from the perspective of ethics such as Justice and Cooperation, the author demonstrates the rationality and necessity of continuing to pay more attention to polio sequela cases at this stage in China. Finally, many valuable suggestions and practical recommendations are given. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9895404/ /pubmed/36743171 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076970 Text en Copyright © 2023 Zang, Feng, Wang, Wang, Li and Zhai. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zang, Jiancheng
Feng, Longfei
Wang, Jichao
Wang, Xiaonan
Li, Kun
Zhai, Xiaomei
Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title_full Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title_fullStr Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title_full_unstemmed Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title_short Should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in China?
title_sort should more attention be paid to polio sequela cases in china?
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743171
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076970
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