Homepage
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012. “Vaccines and Preventable Diseases: Polio Vaccination.” Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/default.htm#notvacc.
Perlstein, David. 2012. “Polio.” MedicineNet.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.medicinenet.com/polio/article.htm.
UNICEF. 2012. “Immunization.” UNICEF. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_how.html.
World Health Organization, Media Center. 2012. “Poliomyelitis.” World Health Organization. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs114/en/.
News Analysis
eBizMBA. 2012. “Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites May 2012.” eBizMBA. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites.
Immunization Action Coalition. 2012. “About Us.” Immunization Action Coalition. Retrieved May 9, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.immunize.org/aboutus/.
O’Dell, Jolie. 2011. “For the First Time, More People Get News Online Than From Newspapers.” Mashable Business. Retrieved March 4, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://mashable.com/2011/03/15/online-versus-newspaper-news/.
Rosenstiel, Tom and Amy Mitchell. 2011. “Overview.” Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://stateofthemedia.org/2011/overview-2/.
SciDev.net. 2012. “Polio transmission continues on Pakistan-Afghanistan border.” GlobalHealthHub.org. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2012/03/15/polio-transmission-continues-on-pakistan-afghanistan-border/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter.
Career Biography
Closser, Svea. 2012, May 1. “Polio in Pakistan.” Interview (email).
______. 2010. Chasing Polio in Pakistan: Why the World’s Largest Health Initiative May Fail. Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press.
Sheridan, Michael, Ed. 2010. Field Notes. Middlebury, Vermont, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Middlebury College.
Middlebury, Department of Sociology/Anthropology. 2012. “Svea Closser.” Middlebury College. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/soan/faculty/sc.
Major Publications
Closser, Svea. 2010. “Chasing Polio.” Anthropology Now. 2(1): 32-9.
______. 2010. Chasing Polio in Pakistan: Why the World’s Largest Public Health Initiative May Fail. Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press.
______. 2011. “Sense and Sustainability: Teaching Sustainability in Global Health.” Anthropology News. 52(4): 6.
Maes, Kenneth C., Brandon A. Kohrt, and Svea Closser. 2010. “Culture, status and context in community health worker pay: Pitfalls and opportunities for policy research. A commentary on Glenton et al.” Social Science & Medicine. 71(8): 1375-78.
Where I Stand
Brainy Quote. 2012. “Paul Farmer Quotes.” Brainy Quote. Retrieved May 9, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/paulfarmer292704.html.
Championing Health Care as a Human Right: An Interview with Paul Farmer. University of California Press. 23 Aug. 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2012 from the World Wide Web: http://christine-welter.suite101.com/quotes-by-paul-farmer-on-health-care-a140883.