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Measles and rubella elimination: learning from polio eradication and moving forward with a diagonal approach

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2017
Introduction: In 1988, an estimated 350,000 children were paralyzed by polio and 125 countries reported polio cases, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to achieve polio eradication by 2000, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI ...
Walter A Orenstein
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The Last Mile in Polio Eradication: Program Challenges and Perseverance

Pathogens
As 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.
Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Martin Eisenhawer, Ousmane M. Diop, Harish Verma, Arshad Quddus, Ondrej Mach   +5 more
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Evolution of global polio eradication strategies: targets, vaccines, and supplemental immunization activities (SIAs)

Expert Review of Vaccines
Background 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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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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Eradicating polio [PDF]

Science, 2015
On 20 September 2015, the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC) declared that type 2 wild poliovirus had been eradicated. The GCC examined reports from 189 of 195 countries around the world and studied separate data [held by the World Health Organization (WHO)] from the remaining countries.
Anthony, Adams, David M, Salisbury
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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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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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Polio in Afghanistan: a systemic review on eradication interventions and challenges [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
After the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was established, the global incidence of polio decreased by 99 percent. However, from a global perspective, the number of polio cases in Afghanistan is still increasing, therefore more attention should be ...
Lin Yitong
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Poliovirus excretion among children with primary immune deficiency in Pakistan: a pilot surveillance study protocol

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Children with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are more susceptible to developing viral infections and are at a substantially increased risk of developing paralytic poliomyelitis.
Ali Faisal Saleem, Asma Sadruddin Pethani, Zaubina Kazi, Ujala Nayyar, Muhammad Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Tahir Yousafzai, Mach Ondrej   +6 more
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Immunity to poliovirus in Afghanistan: A household sampling method for serological assessment based on geographical information systems

Geospatial Health, 2022
Afghanistan continues to experience challenges affecting polio eradication. Mass polio vaccination campaigns, which aim to protect children under the age of 5, are a key eradication strategy.
Amalia Mendes, Ari Whiteman, Benjamin Nygren, Brian Kaplan, Imtiaz Hussain, Sajid Soofi, Maureen Martinez, Noha H. Farag   +7 more
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