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Contribution of polio eradication initiative to strengthening routine immunization: lessons learnt in the WHO African region

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Anya B-Pm, Motouri E, Aschalew T et al.

Full Citation:

Anya B-Pm, Motouri E, Aschalew T et al. 2016. Contribution of polio eradication initiative to strengthening routine immunization: lessons learnt in the WHO African region. Vaccine. 34(43).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Investments made in disease eradication contribute to health systems strengthening and health service delivery.

Key Evidence: A systematic review of 8 African countries that had wild polio virus transmission and significant polio eradication activities found evidence that the huge investments made in polio have strengthened capacity in almost all aspects of the overall immunization systems, especially in the areas of microplanning, service delivery, capacity-building (especially supportive supervision and on-the-job training), and program management. This led to substantial increases in coverage of other routine vaccinations – BCG, DPT, measles – in all 8 countries over a 25-year period (1989-2014), including a more than a 3-fold increase in DPT3 coverage in 2 countries and a more than a 2-fold increase in 3 other countries.