title: Polio eradication is just over the horizon: the challenges of global resource mobilization.
abstract: This study draws lessons from the resource mobilization experiences of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). As the GPEI launched its eradication effort in 1988, it underestimated both the difficulty and the costs of the campaign. Advocacy for resource mobilization came as an afterthought in the late 1990s, when achieving eradication by the target date of 2000 began to look doubtful. The reality of funding shortfalls undercutting eradication leads to the conclusion that advocacy for resource mobilization is as central to operations as are scientific and technical factors.
authors.affiliation: Empowering Communications, Marina del Rey, California, USA. gregpirio@empowercomm.com
authors.forename: Gregory Alonso
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pirio
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007391:International Cooperation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines; D040841:Resource Allocation
chemical_list: D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines