Thomas Abraham C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2018, HB, 320pp, £19.26, 978-1849049566
Polio: the Odyssey of Eradication is a fascinating book providing an insight into how polio became the second disease (after smallpox) to be targeted for global eradication, and why, after a multi-billion dollar vaccination campaign spanning 31 years, polio still causes a small number of cases each year.
The book is written by Thomas Abraham, a journalist, who delves …