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The Last Mile in Polio Eradication: Program Challenges and Perseverance [PDF]
PathogensAs the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) strategizes towards the final steps of eradication, routine immunization schedules evolve, and high-quality vaccination campaigns and surveillance systems remain essential.
Harish Verma, Ousmane M Diop
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Mission of polio eradication in Pakistan- a review on challenges and future recommendations [PDF]
New Microbes and New InfectionsPoliomyelitis, commonly known as “polio” is a paralytic and perilous disease caused by the poliovirus. Due to its highly contagious nature, the virus was a challenge to the world in the late 1980s.
Abdul Rehman Shah Syed +8 more
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The Problems with Polio: Toward Eradication [PDF]
Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2013 The global health effort to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) has encountered a number of unforeseen and unpredictable challenges. This article provides a timely review of progress made toward eradication, including the polio vaccines in use, and explores the reasons for delays in eradication target dates. It provides an overview of some of the remaining
David L Heymann
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Population Immunity and Polio Eradication. [PDF]
PathogensThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative made immense progress after its establishment in 1988 as a consequence of high coverage with various poliovirus vaccines in all populations of the world. Problems have arisen in recent years, however, related to security issues in some countries, to the circulation of vaccine-derived polioviruses, and to the ...
Fine PEM.
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Expert Review of VaccinesBackground Despite multiple revisions of targets and timelines in polio eradication plans since 1988, including changes in supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) that increase immunity above routine immunization (RI) coverage, poliovirus ...
Kimberly M Thompson, Kamran Badizadegan
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Geographic information system and information visualization capacity building: Successful polio eradication and current and future challenges in the COVID-19 era for the World Health Organization's African region. [PDF]
PLoS ONEDespite a half-century-long global eradication effort, polio continues to have a devastating impact on individuals and communities worldwide, especially in low-income countries affected by conflict or geographic barriers to immunization programs.
John Kapoi Kipterer +10 more
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Polio eradication at the crossroads [PDF]
The Lancet Global Health, 2021 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, launched in 1988 with anticipated completion by 2000, has yet to reach its ultimate goal. The recent surge of polio cases urgently calls for a reassessment of the programme's current strategy and a new design for the way forward.
Konstantin Chumakov +3 more
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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 +10 more
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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 +10 more
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Review of Poliovirus Transmission and Economic Modeling to Support Global Polio Eradication: 2020–2024 [PDF]
PathogensKimberly M Thompson, Kamran Badizadegan
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