Adele Daleke Lisi Aluma, Sam Koulmini, Souley Kalilou, Obianuju Igweonu, Amadou Felix Kouassi, Mohamed Alimou Traore, Benoit Ntezayabo, Laurel Zomahoun Delayo, Aboubacar Barry, Aime Matela Esanga, Adama Nanko Bagayoko, Don Jethro Mavungu Landu, Abdel Aziz Kadai, Bondoro Toyma, Djibrine Abakar Sedick, Penaling Nathei, Daouda Mahamat, Philbert Bohoussou, Joseph Okeibunor, Narcisse de Medeiros, Bakoly Rabenarivo, Fabien Dio-Mande, Sam Okiror
BACKGROUND: One of the four key strategies of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is high immunization coverage, with oral polio vaccine as part of routine immunization schedules. However, given the weak routine immunization structures in the African Region, coverage is enhanced with supplemental immunization activities (SIAs), and mop-up immunizations. Unfortunately, anecdotal information show that vaccination teams sometimes omit some catchments areas without immunization...
April 15, 2021: Journal of Immunological Sciences