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100 _aCoutinho, Lester
245 _aSocial production of balance: case study of OPV-related deaths in West Bengal
260 _c2000
300 _ap.709-17
362 _a26 Feb
520 _aIn December 1996 three children were reported to have died and several others had fallen ill after being administered the oral polio vaccine (OPV) at the first phase of the Pulse Polio Immunisation (PPI) campaign. The authors examine the blame assigning discourses in this context. While attempting to map the varied and plural memories of the event on the registers of the media, the state and the community, an attempt is made to understand the nature of blame and accusation encountered within each of these registers. - Reproduced
650 _aCase studies
650 _aVaccination - India - West Bengal
650 _aVaccination
700 _aBanerjea, Niharika
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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