Conflict, Community, and Collaboration: Shared Implementation Barriers and Strategies in Two Polio Endemic Countries
Owoaje, Akinyemi); Global Innovations Consultancy Services ( Rahimi); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ( Kalbarczyk, Peters, Alonge) "The power of community engagement at all levels (from leadership to membership) cannot be overstated, particularly in countries facing civil unrest and insecurity." Despite efforts over decades by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) is ongoing in Afghanistan, and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is still occurring in Nigeria. Despite their unique sociocultural characteristics, these...
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