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Polio transition in the African Region: progress, challenges and prospects for health systems integration [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has made substantial progress towards global eradication of polio. As regions, including Africa, approach the final stages of this goal, countries must ensure that essential polio functions are ...
Terna Nomhwange, Samafilan Ainan, Modjirom Nduotabe, Usman Adamu, Ogonna Chinwike, Kennedy Adejoh, Sule Adamu, Christopher Kamugisha, Ticha Johnson, Casimir Manengu, Gedi Mohamed   +10 more
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Contributing factors to declining vaccination campaign quality and resurgence of polio cases in Quetta block, Pakistan: a five-year analysis (2020–2024) [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionImplementation of supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) delivering oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to children under 5 years of age is a key strategy for interruption of poliovirus transmission.
Ehsan Larik, Ehsan Larik, Aftab Kakar, Aftab Kakar, Aftab Kakar, Kifayat Ullah, Kifayat Ullah, Tamkeen Ghafoor, Tamkeen Ghafoor, Abdul Sami Khan, Abdul Sami Khan, Gohar Ali Shahbaz, Abdul Raziq, Chukwuma Mbaeyi   +13 more
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Effects of muscle strengthening and cardiovascular fitness activities for poliomyelitis survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2021
Objective: To evaluate and assess the effectiveness of muscle strengthening and cardiovascular interventions in improving outcomes in poliomyelitis (polio) survivors.
Akhilesh Kumar Ramachandran, Stephen P.J. Goodman, Michael J. Jackson, Timothy J.H.   +3 more
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An experience of mass administration of fractional dose inactivated polio vaccine through intradermal needle-free injectors in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) campaign was conducted in February 2019 in Karachi where needle-free injectors were introduced for the administration of the fractional dose of IPV (fIPV) on a large scale.
Umar Farooq Bullo, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Noreen Naz Ansari, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Zamir Ali Phul, Sohail Ahmed Memon, Rehan Iqbal Baloch, Zahoor Ahmed Baloch, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of the Community about Polio in High-Risk Areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Vaccines, 2022
The study aimed to determine the reasons for polio vaccine hesitancy among parents of persistently missed children (PMCs) in the high-risk areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey of parents of PMCs was conducted in April 2019 in 34 high-risk
Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Umar Farooq Bullo, Sandeep Mehraj, Zamir Ali Phul, Sundeep Sahitia, Asif Ali Zardari, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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Effectiveness of a community-level social mobilization intervention in achieving the outcomes of polio vaccination campaigns during the post-polio-endemic period: Evidence from CORE Group polio project in Uttar Pradesh, India

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background A social mobilization (SM) initiative contributed to India’s success in polio elimination. This was the CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP) India, a partner of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) SM Network and which continued its SM activities, even during ...
Manojkumar Choudhary, Roma Solomon, Jitendra Awale, Rina Dey, Jagajeet Prasad Singh, William Weiss   +5 more
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Community-based survey to assess seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in far-north Cameroon in 2020

Vaccine: X, 2022
Background: This study assessed seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in children from selected poliovirus high-risk areas of the Far North region of Cameroon which serves to monitor polio immunization program. Methods: This was a community-based cross-
Marie Claire Endegue, Carolyn Sein, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Visalakshi Jeyaseelan, Tess Palmer, Gnakub Norbert Soke, Aissata Diaha, Basit Jafri, Bernardo A. Mainou, Harish Verma, Ondrej Mach   +10 more
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Diphtheria resurgence in Sada'a-Yemen, 2017–2020

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Diphtheria is a contagious vaccine-preventable disease that contributes to the high morbidity and mortality among under 5 children, especially in Yemen.
Ahmed Abdallah Al-Dar, Mutahar Al-Qassimi, Faten Hamid Ezzadeen, Mohammed Qassime, Ahmed Mohamed Al murtadha, Yasser Ghaleb   +5 more
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Demand-side determinants of timely vaccination of oral polio vaccine in social mobilization network areas of CORE Group polio project in Uttar Pradesh, India

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Children who receive all doses of scheduled vaccines reduce their susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases. In India, full immunization coverage has increased significantly.
Manojkumar Choudhary, Roma Solomon, Jitendra Awale, Rina Dey   +3 more
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Towards an effective poliovirus laboratory containment strategy in Nigeria

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background The Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis will declare the world free of wild poliovirus transmission when no wild virus has been found in at least 3 consecutive years, and all laboratories possessing wild
Johnson Muluh Ticha, Kolawole Olatunji Matthew, Abdullahi Walla Hamisu, Braka Fiona, Pascal Mkanda, Peter Nsubuga, Eberto Tesfaye, Kehinde Craig, Etsano Andrew, Obi Emelife, Faisal Shuaib, Akinkugbe Folasade, Johnson Adeniji, Usman Adamu, Mohammed Dallatu, Geoffrey Oyeyinka, Holly Brown, Nwakasik Nnamah, Joseph Okwori, Chukwuike Chinedu, Ibikunle Anibijuwon, Adewumi Olubusuyi, Donbraye Emmanuel, Murtala Bagana, Marycelin Baba, Gumede Nicksy, Richard Banda, Sisay G. Tegegne, Ajiboye Oyetunji, Ousmane Diop, O. Tomori, Rui G. Vaz   +31 more
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