Dr. Anne-Marie Sparrow: “Polio Vaccine Effort in Syria Reaches 1.4 Million Children as Volunteers Brave Violence”
Despite grave danger, a campaign to combat the spread of polio in rebel-held Syria has been surprisingly successful, with volunteers inoculating about 1.4 million children since the beginning of the year.
Despite grave danger, a campaign to combat the spread of polio in rebel-held Syria has been surprisingly successful, with volunteers inoculating about 1.4 million children since the beginning of the year. “Was [the task force’s campaign] successful in reaching a great deal of kids? Yes, for sure,” said Anne-Marie Sparrow, MD, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and the author of a New York Review of Books article about the polio outbreak in Syria. “Has it stopped the transmission of polio? You can’t say that.” Learn more
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