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To examine how global health officials evaluate evidence and sustain optimistic projections despite persistent failures to eliminate polio in endemic regions.

August 10, 2012Medical Anthropology

“We Can't Give Up Now”: Global Health Optimism and Polio Eradication in Pakistan

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SCSvea ClosserJohns Hopkins University

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May bias evaluations of eradication feasibility; leaves open whether independent reviews improve global health program assessments.

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To examine how global health officials evaluate evidence and sustain optimistic projections despite persistent failures to eliminate polio in endemic regions.
Document analysis of institutional reports and strategic planning materials from the Polio Eradication Initiative.
Qualitative field interviews and participant observation conducted across Pakistan, Atlanta, Geneva, and Montreal.
Officials systematically marginalized evidence demonstrating that eradication was unattainable while highlighting data suggesting imminent success.
An institutionalized culture of optimism secured ongoing donor funding but hindered open, objective evaluation of critical operational obstacles.

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Svea Closser (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7a71fc4c448619ca0e27e7 https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2011.645927

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