Determinant Factors for Implementing Polio Eradication Activities under Security Compromised Settings of Pakistan
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Abbreviations: A/C: Area in Charges; AFP: Acute Flaccid Paralysis; AFP: Acute Flaccid Paralysis; CNIC: Computerized National Identity Card; cVDPV2: Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Vaccine Virus type 2; DDM: Direct Dis-imbursement Method; DEWS: Disease Early Warning System; DHMT: District Health Management Team; DHMT: District Health Management Team; DHOs: District Health Offices; DPT: Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus vaccine; DSCs: District Surveillance Coordinators; EPI: Expanded Program of Immunization; GPEI: Global Polio Eradication Initiative; HMIS: Health Management Information System; LHWs: Lady Health Workers; LQAS: Lots Quality Assurance Sampling; NEAP: National Emergency Action Plan; NGO: Non-Governmental Organization; NIDs: National Immunization Days; OPV: Oral Polio Vaccine; PEI: Polio Eradication Initiative Program; RED: Reach Every District; RI: Routine Immunization; SIAs: Supplementary Immunization Activities; SIAs: Supplementary Immunization Activities; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Science; STOP: Stop Transmission of Polio; UCMO: Union Council Medical Officers; UCMOs: Union Council Medical Officers; UCPW: Union council Polio workers; UCs: Union Councils; UPEC Union Council Polio Eradication Committee; VDPV: Vaccine Derived Polio Virus; VPD: Vaccine Preventable Diseases; WHO: World Health Organization; WPV1: Wild Polio Virus type 1 Background
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