ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2021
Lessons from the elimination of poliomyelitis in Africa.
Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Strengthening vaccination delivery system resilience in the context of protracted humanitarian crisis: a realist-informed systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
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- Community-Based Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis: A Review on Detection and Reporting Strategy.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Review
- Assessing early detection ability through spatial arrangements in environmental surveillance for poliovirus: A simulation-based study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effective partnership and in-country resource mobilization in Sudan for cVDPV2 outbreak response amid multiple emergencies in 2020-2021.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Factors associated with full childhood vaccination coverage among young mothers in Northern Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks.Nature medicine · 2023Article
- Vaccine Derived Poliovirus (VDPV).Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Review
- Importation and Circulation of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Serotype 2, Senegal, 2020-2021.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Vaccination games in prevention of infectious diseases with application to COVID-19.Chaos, solitons, and fractals · 2022Article
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Abstract
In August 2020, Africa was declared free of poliomyelitis (polio), bringing to fruition a goal that took more than 30 years to achieve. This Perspective chronicles global, continental, national and community actions taken by diverse stakeholders that finally led to the elimination of transmission of wild poliovirus in Africa. The cascade of events started with the development of polio vaccines and the realization that polio, much like smallpox, could be eradicated. After a 1988 pledge by the World Health Assembly to eradicate polio globally, concerted and deliberate efforts were made in Africa to achieve this goal. This included the use of evidence-based approaches for the harmonization and standardization of public health strategies, using a network of polio laboratories and emergency operation centres and actively pursuing underserved populations. Innovative solutions to counter challenges such as conflict and vaccine hesitancy may be of use in future public health interventions.
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