DOCUMENTARY: Polio - The Last Word
Title
DOCUMENTARY: Polio - The Last Word
Subject
Adam Csillag's documentary on the history of polio in the 20th century and on the efforts made for polio eradication. The film was made on the occasion of the World Health Day dedicated to polio, in 1995.
This film documents the history of this epic human undertaking, from the terrifying polio epidemics that raged in the early years of the twentieth century, to the development of the vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, and the extraordinary effort by ordinary people to spread the vaccine throughout the world. Now there's the real possibility that if remote regions can be reached with the vaccine, and the level of immunization is maintained worldwide, polio—like smallpox, can be eliminated forever.
POLIO THE LAST WORD List of intervies Dr. N.K. Dubey Kalavathi Children's Hospital, Delhi,, Dr. Jonas Salk Creator of first polio vaccine, IPV 1954 . Bill Russell former President, March of Dimes, Texas . Gyuri Karpati polio victim, Budapest, Mrs. A. Sabin, widow of the inventor of OPV, Dr. Timothy Tongyk Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army , Dr. D.A. Henderson US Under Secretary of State for Health, Dr. Cyro de Quadros, Pan American Health Organisation, Bill Foege, Taskforce for Child Survival, Atlanta, Bill Huntley, President of Rotary International, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health, Delhi Government, Dr. Jon Kim Andrus, WHO , Nick Ward, WHO and others
This film documents the history of this epic human undertaking, from the terrifying polio epidemics that raged in the early years of the twentieth century, to the development of the vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, and the extraordinary effort by ordinary people to spread the vaccine throughout the world. Now there's the real possibility that if remote regions can be reached with the vaccine, and the level of immunization is maintained worldwide, polio—like smallpox, can be eliminated forever.
POLIO THE LAST WORD List of intervies Dr. N.K. Dubey Kalavathi Children's Hospital, Delhi,, Dr. Jonas Salk Creator of first polio vaccine, IPV 1954 . Bill Russell former President, March of Dimes, Texas . Gyuri Karpati polio victim, Budapest, Mrs. A. Sabin, widow of the inventor of OPV, Dr. Timothy Tongyk Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army , Dr. D.A. Henderson US Under Secretary of State for Health, Dr. Cyro de Quadros, Pan American Health Organisation, Bill Foege, Taskforce for Child Survival, Atlanta, Bill Huntley, President of Rotary International, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health, Delhi Government, Dr. Jon Kim Andrus, WHO , Nick Ward, WHO and others
Rights
Adam Csillag, Nick Thorpe, Bullfrog films
Collection
Citation
Adam Csillag, Nick Thorpe, Bullfrog films, “DOCUMENTARY: Polio - The Last Word,” PSN Library, accessed April 28, 2024, https://poliosurvivorsnetwork.org.uk/library/items/show/826.