Winning the Polio war in Pakistan Contributor(s): Quetta, Toorab Khan (Author) |
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ISBN: 620032591X ISBN-13: 9786200325914 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $40.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Functional Analysis |
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 6" W x 9" (0.21 lbs) 56 pages |
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Publisher Description: Polio is one of the most important issues which have caught the global attention. Polio has been eradicated globally except Pakistan and Afghanistan. Its quiet alarming, where whole world is polio free, still polio cases are emerging from Pakistan. This is the major motivation behind this research, to study and analyze the past cases (trend analysis) and to find out the gaps and obstacles hindering Pakistan to eliminate polio. The areas with highest level of infestation could be prioritized for effective tracking, planning and monitoring of vaccination activities and better utilization of human resources for targeted control interventions. It shall provide better management and resource allocation decisions for speedy eradication of this epidemic syndrome. Polio cases are displayed on Google Maps for localization and clustering, and trend analysis is performed for future prediction using linear regression. |