'Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.' - Jonas Salk, inventor of one of the first successful polio vaccines No one will die of smallpox again... One of the worst killers ever is now consigned to history - perhaps the greatest humanitarian achievement of our age. Now polio, malaria and measles are on the hit list. Karen Bartlett tells the dramatic story of the history of eradication and takes us to the heart of modern campaigns. From high-tech labs in America to the poorest corners of Africa and the Middle East, we see the tremendous challenges those on the front lines face every day, and how they take us closer to a brave new world.
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| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Hippies Who Beat Smallpox | p. 7 |
| A country doctor | p. 13 |
| A post-war dream | p. 20 |
| A medical missionary | p. 23 |
| Hard times | p. 27 |
| The last man to suffer from smallpox | p. 32 |
| A message to the future | p. 34 |
| The Crippler | p. 37 |
| A short and simple virus | p. 42 |
| The March of Dimes | p. 46 |
| Salk vs Sabin | p. 57 |
| Polio's Last Stand | p. 75 |
| 'Rotary - go home…' | p. 75 |
| 'Nothing is beyond you, even in India …' | p. 82 |
| 'Like an arranged marriage, where the love comes later' | p. 93 |
| 'Pakistan: polio central' | p. 97 |
| Bill Gates and the Final One Per Cent | p. 109 |
| By camel, truck or canoe | p. 110 |
| Victory in Nigeria | p. 115 |
| 'Deep in the weeds' with Bill Gates | p. 127 |
| The vaccine | p. 137 |
| The clock is ticking | p. 142 |
| The Prophet | p. 145 |
| The birth of microbiology | p. 146 |
| 'The most magnificent failure in public health' | p. 153 |
| 'The General Patton of entomology' | p. 160 |
| 'Suggestion to redefine eradication is not acceptable…' | p. 167 |
| The Mosquito House | p. 171 |
| The 'E' word again | p. 174 |
| Conquering 'the little brute' | p. 175 |
| 'Let us spray' | p. 179 |
| A new beginning | p. 184 |
| The elusive vaccine | p. 190 |
| The first public health insecticide | p. 194 |
| Malaria eradication 2.0 | p. 196 |
| 'Rolling it back' | p. 202 |
| Liberty or Death - The Anti-vaccination Movement | p. 207 |
| 'A poisoned lancet?' | p. 212 |
| The contested origins of HIV | p. 217 |
| Our bodies - our inoculations? | p. 220 |
| The failure of reason | p. 230 |
| Ebola: An avoidable Crisis | p. 235 |
| 'It's a river - in Africa' | p. 239 |
| 'An outbreak like no other' | p. 243 |
| The Legacy | p. 253 |
| Diseases of the poor | p. 254 |
| Killing the goose that lays the golden egg | p. 258 |
| Immunization for all? | p. 261 |
| The kid at the end of the road | p. 263 |
| The lady-in-waiting | p. 266 |
| Conclusion | p. 271 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 275 |
| Notes | p. 277 |
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'Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.' - Jonas Salk, inventor of one of the first successful polio vaccines No one will die of smallpox again... One of the worst killers ever is now consigned to history - perhaps the greatest humanitarian achievement of our age. Now polio, malaria and measles are on the hit list. Karen Bartlett tells the dramatic story of the history of eradication and takes us to the heart of modern campaigns. From high-tech labs in America to the poorest corners of Africa and the Middle East, we see the tremendous challenges those on the front lines face every day, and how they take us closer to a brave new world.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Hippies Who Beat Smallpox | p. 7 |
| A country doctor | p. 13 |
| A post-war dream | p. 20 |
| A medical missionary | p. 23 |
| Hard times | p. 27 |
| The last man to suffer from smallpox | p. 32 |
| A message to the future | p. 34 |
| The Crippler | p. 37 |
| A short and simple virus | p. 42 |
| The March of Dimes | p. 46 |
| Salk vs Sabin | p. 57 |
| Polio's Last Stand | p. 75 |
| 'Rotary - go home…' | p. 75 |
| 'Nothing is beyond you, even in India …' | p. 82 |
| 'Like an arranged marriage, where the love comes later' | p. 93 |
| 'Pakistan: polio central' | p. 97 |
| Bill Gates and the Final One Per Cent | p. 109 |
| By camel, truck or canoe | p. 110 |
| Victory in Nigeria | p. 115 |
| 'Deep in the weeds' with Bill Gates | p. 127 |
| The vaccine | p. 137 |
| The clock is ticking | p. 142 |
| The Prophet | p. 145 |
| The birth of microbiology | p. 146 |
| 'The most magnificent failure in public health' | p. 153 |
| 'The General Patton of entomology' | p. 160 |
| 'Suggestion to redefine eradication is not acceptable…' | p. 167 |
| The Mosquito House | p. 171 |
| The 'E' word again | p. 174 |
| Conquering 'the little brute' | p. 175 |
| 'Let us spray' | p. 179 |
| A new beginning | p. 184 |
| The elusive vaccine | p. 190 |
| The first public health insecticide | p. 194 |
| Malaria eradication 2.0 | p. 196 |
| 'Rolling it back' | p. 202 |
| Liberty or Death - The Anti-vaccination Movement | p. 207 |
| 'A poisoned lancet?' | p. 212 |
| The contested origins of HIV | p. 217 |
| Our bodies - our inoculations? | p. 220 |
| The failure of reason | p. 230 |
| Ebola: An avoidable Crisis | p. 235 |
| 'It's a river - in Africa' | p. 239 |
| 'An outbreak like no other' | p. 243 |
| The Legacy | p. 253 |
| Diseases of the poor | p. 254 |
| Killing the goose that lays the golden egg | p. 258 |
| Immunization for all? | p. 261 |
| The kid at the end of the road | p. 263 |
| The lady-in-waiting | p. 266 |
| Conclusion | p. 271 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 275 |
| Notes | p. 277 |
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