Universal immunization program and polio eradication in India.
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Legacy of Polio—Use of India’s Social Mobilization Network for Strengthening of the Universal Immunization Program in India
The Social Mobilization Network (SMNet) has been lauded as one of the most successsful community engagement strategies in public health for its role in polio elimination in India. The UNICEF-managed SMNet was created as a strategy to eradicate polio by engaging >7000 frontline social mobilizers to advocate for vaccination in some of the most underserved, marginalized, and at-risk communities in...
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As the world takes rapid strides in the eradication of polio, the trivalent inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) would be the only polio vaccine available in the near future. Since the maintenance of herd immunity is important for sustaining polio eradication, this vaccine would need to be used in the early childhood immunization schedule for many years to come [1]. WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 45 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008