TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons learned from the Core group Polio project and their relevance for other global health priorities
AU - Perry, Henry B.
AU - Solomon, Roma
AU - Bisrat, Filimona
AU - Hilmi, Lisa
AU - Stamidis, Katherine V.
AU - Steinglass, Robert
AU - Weiss, William
AU - Losey, Lee
AU - Ogden, Ellyn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Despite numerous setbacks, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has implemented various community strategies with potential application for other global health issues. This article reviews strategies implemented by the CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP), including pursuit of the missed child, microplanning, independent campaign monitoring, using community health workers and community mobilizers to build community engagement, community-based surveillance, development of the capacity to respond to other health needs, targeting geographic areas at high risk, the secretariat model for non-governmental organization collaboration, and registration of vital events. These strategies have the potential for contributing to the reduction of child and maternal mortality in hard-to-reach, underserved populations around the world. Community-based surveillance as developed by the CGPP also has potential for improving global health security, now a global health priority.
AB - Despite numerous setbacks, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has implemented various community strategies with potential application for other global health issues. This article reviews strategies implemented by the CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP), including pursuit of the missed child, microplanning, independent campaign monitoring, using community health workers and community mobilizers to build community engagement, community-based surveillance, development of the capacity to respond to other health needs, targeting geographic areas at high risk, the secretariat model for non-governmental organization collaboration, and registration of vital events. These strategies have the potential for contributing to the reduction of child and maternal mortality in hard-to-reach, underserved populations around the world. Community-based surveillance as developed by the CGPP also has potential for improving global health security, now a global health priority.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0036
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0036
M3 - Article
C2 - 31760974
AN - SCOPUS:85072947092
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 101
SP - 107
EP - 112
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 4
ER -