Lessons Learned from the Polio Eradication Initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia: Analysis of Implementation Barriers and Strategies
Kayembe, Mafuta); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ( Neel, Alonge) "Strategies to strengthen planning, promote accountability and learning, adapt programmatic activities, and engage with local communities were crucial in mitigating...barriers..." This paper focuses on implementation of polio eradication activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia, which are classified by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) as "outbreak" countries: They have halted indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) but are experiencing reinfection as a result of circulating vacci...
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