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Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Medical History
  • Political Science

Background:

  • Polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan are complicated by violence against health workers.
  • Discussions often focus on Taliban's anti-modernity stance and distrust of US-led interventions.
  • Historical resistance to colonial immunisation on the subcontinent provides a broader context.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the politicization of poliomyelitis eradication.
  • To analyze the historical roots of indigenous hostility towards immunisation programs.
  • To understand the link between public health crises and politico-military interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Socio-historical analysis of polio eradication.
  • Examination of historical indigenous resistance to colonial immunisation.
  • Tracking the entanglement of infectious disease with military and governmental discourses.

Main Results:

  • Politicization of polio eradication is linked to historical resistance and contemporary military "preemptive strike" discourses.
  • Biological immunity has become intertwined with a postcolonial politics justifying interventions.
  • Violence against health workers is a consequence of this complex entanglement.

Conclusions:

  • The historical context of resistance to immunisation is crucial for understanding current polio eradication challenges.
  • The conflation of public health with military strategy has severe consequences for global health security.
  • Addressing the politicization requires understanding its deep historical and political roots.