The health of nations : the campaign to end polio and eradicate epidemic diseases

Summary: "No one will ever again die of smallpox. With the battle against that "most terrible of the ministers of death" won, an unprecedented humanitarian coalition has now turned to polio, malaria and measles."--Jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781786070685
ISBN: 1786070685
ISBN: 9781786070692
Physical Description: print
ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: London, England : Oneworld, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The hippies who beat smallpox -- The crippler -- Polio's last stand -- Bill Gates and the final one per cent -- The prophet -- The mosquito house -- Liberty or death: the anti-vaccination movement -- Ebola: an avoidable crisis -- The legacy.