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Challenges of immunization in the African Region by Mihigo, Richard, Okeibunor, Joseph, Anya, Blanche, Mkanda, Pascal, Zawaira, Felicitas

“…Immunization has made significant contribution to public health in the African Region, including elimination, eradication and control of life threatening…”
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Outbreak of Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Nigeria: Emergence and Widespread Circulation in an Underimmunized Population by Wassilak, Steven, Pate, Muhammad Ali, Wannemuehler, Kathleen, Jenks, Julie, Burns, Cara, Chenoweth, Paul, Abanida, Emmanuel Ade, Adu, Festus, Baba, Marycelin, Gasasira, Alex, Iber, Jane, Mkanda, Pascal, Williams, A. J., Shaw, Jing, Pallansch, Mark, Kew, Olen

“…Wild poliovirus has remained endemic in northern Nigeria because of low coverage achieved in the routine immunization program and in supplementary immunization…”
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Impact of engaging security personnel on access and polio immunization outcomes in security-inaccessible areas in Borno state, Nigeria by Nkwogu, Loveday, Shuaib, Faisal, Braka, Fiona, Mkanda, Pascal, Banda, Richard, Korir, Charles, Bawa, Samuel, Mele, Sule, Saidu, Mahmud, Mshelia, Hyelni, Shettima, Aliyu, Tegegne, Sisay G, Yehualashet, Yared G, Adamu, Usman, Nsubuga, Peter, Vaz, Rui G, Wondimagegnehu, Alemu

“…Nigeria was polio free for almost 2 years but, with the recent liberation of areas under the captivity of insurgents, there has been a resurgence of polio…”
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AVADAR (Auto-Visual AFP Detection and Reporting): demonstration of a novel SMS-based smartphone application to improve acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance in Nigeria by Shuaib, Faisal M B, Musa, Philip F, Gashu, Sisay Tegegne, Onoka, Chima, Ahmed, Salihu Abdullahi, Bagana, Murtala, Galway, Michael, Braka, Fiona, Muluh, Ticha Johnson, Banda, Richard, Akpan, Godwin, Tunji, Ajiboye, Idris, Umar Kabo, Olusoga, Adedolapo, Briand, Patrick, Obiako, Nwanyibuife, Nebechukwu, Tonia, Mkanda, Pascal

“…Eradication of polio requires that the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system is sensitive enough to detect all cases of AFP, and that such cases…”
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Lessons learnt from implementing community engagement interventions in mobile hard-to-reach (HTR) projects in Nigeria, 2014-2015 by Hammanyero, Kulchumi Isa, Bawa, Samuel, Braka, Fiona, Bassey, Bassey Enya, Fatiregun, Akinola, Warigon, Charity, Yehualashet, Yared G, Tegene, Sisay Gashu, Banda, Richard, Korir, Charles, Erbeto, Tesfaye Bedada, Chukwuji, Martin, Mkanda, Pascal, Adamu, Usman Saidu, Nsubuga, Peter

“…The year 2014 was a turning point for polio eradication in Nigeria. Confronted with the challenges of increased numbers of polio cases detected in rural,…”
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The role of supportive supervision using mobile technology in monitoring and guiding program performance: a case study in Nigeria, 2015-2016 by Tegegne, Sisay G, Shuaib, Faisal, Braka, Fiona, Mkanda, Pascal, Erbeto, Tesfaye B, Aregay, Aron, Rasheed, Oyaole D, Ubong, Akpan G, Alpha, Njie, Khedr, Ahmed, Isameldin, Mirghani A, Yehushualet, Yared G, Warigon, Charity, Adamu, Usman, Damisa, Eunice, Okposen, Bassey, Nsubuga, Peter, Vaz, Rui G, Alemu, Wondimagegnehu

“…Supportive supervision is one of the interventions that fosters program improvement by way of imparting knowledge and skills to health workers. The basic…”
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Use of geographic information systems web mapping application to support active case search to guide public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: a preliminary report to guide replication of methods in similar resource settings by Bello, Isah Mohammed, Moyo, Thandekile Ntombikayise, Munyanyi, Manes, Akpan, Godwin Ubong, Isibor, Irene, Sunganai, Lincoln Charimari, Umar, Abubakar Sadiq, Krishnan, Ravi Shankar Santhana Gopala, Touray, Kebba, Rupfutse, Maxwell, Manangazira, Portia, Ntale, Alex Gasasira, Fussum, Daniel, Mkanda, Pascal

“…the new coronavirus (COVID-19) that emerged from Wuhan, Hubei Province of China in December 2019, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has fast…”
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Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance intensification for polio certification in Kaduna state, Nigeria: lessons learnt, 2015-2016 by Umeh, Gregory C, Shuaib, Faisal, Musa, Audu, Tegegne, Sisay G, Braka, Fiona, Mkanda, Pascal, Banda, Richard, Adamu, Usman, Nomhwange, Terna I, Arenyeka, Eyiotoyo, Omoleke, Semeeh A, Johnson, Ticha M, Craig, Kehinde, Idris, Ibrahim, Iyal, Hadiza, Sambo, Ishaku G, Nsubuga, Peter

“…Nigeria has made remarkable progress in its current efforts to interrupt wild poliovirus transmission despite the re-emergence of wild poliovirus in 2016. The…”
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Targeting the last polio sanctuaries with Directly Observed Oral Polio Vaccination (DOPV) in northern Nigeria, (2014-2016) by Korir, Charles, Shuaib, Faisal, Adamu, Usman, Bawa, Samuel, Musa, Audu, Bashir, Abba, Isiaka, Ayodeji, Ningi, Adamu, Warigon, Charity, Richard, Banda, Fiona, Braka, Pascal, Mkanda, Loveday, Nkwogu, Tegegne, Sisay G, Abdul-Aziz, Mohammed, Suleiman, Abdullahi, Mohammed, Kabiru, Corkum, Melisa, Onoka, Chima, Nsubuga, Peter, Yehualashet, Yared G, Vaz, Rui G, Alemu, Wondimagegnehu

“…The declaration of poliomyelitis eradication as a programmatic emergency for global public health by the 65th World Health Assembly in 2012 necessitated…”
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Conclusions of the African Regional GIS Summit (2019): using geographic information systems for public health decision-making by Akpan, Godwin Ubong, Mohammed, Hani Farouk, Touray, Kebba, Kipterer, John, Bello, Isah Mohammed, Ngofa, Reuben, Stein, Andrew, Seaman, Vince, Mkanda, Pascal, Cabore, Joseph

“…Abstract The use of geographic information system (GIS) technologies to improve access to health is gaining momentum in Africa. This has become more pertinent…”
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Stopping circulatory vaccine-derived poliovirus in Kaduna state by scaling up special interventions in local government areas along rivers of interest- kamacha basin experience, 2013-2015 by Musa, Audu I, Shuaib, Faisal, Braka, Fiona, Mkanda, Pascal, Banda, Richard, Korir, Charles, Tegegne, Sisay G, Abdullahi, Suleiman, Umeh, Gregory C, Nomhwange, Terna I, Iyal, Hadiza Aliyu, Ishaku, Sambo, Adamu, Usman, Damisa, Eunice, Bagana, Murtala, Gugong, Victor, Balarabe, Hadiza, Nsubuga, Peter, Vaz, Rui G

“…The Kamacha river is one of the five polio environmental surveillance sites in Kaduna State where 13 circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPDs) were…”
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Poliovirus seroprevalence before and after interruption of poliovirus transmission in Kano State, Nigeria by Iliyasu, Zubairu, MBBS, MPH, FMCPH, FWACP, Verma, Harish, MBBS, DCH, Craig, Kehinde T., MBBS, MScPH, Nwaze, Eric, MBBS, MSc, FMCPH, Ahmad-Shehu, Amina, MSc, Jibir, Binta Wudil, MBBS, MSc, MWACP, Gwarzo, Garba Dayyabu, MBBS, FMCPaed, Gajida, Auwalu U., MBBS, FWACP, Weldon, William C., PhD, Steven Oberste, M., PhD, Takane, Marina, MSc, Mkanda, Pascal, MBBS, MPH, Muhammad, Ado J.G., MBBS, MPH, Sutter, Roland W., MD, MPH&TM

“…Highlights • Polio seroprevalence surveys help measure progress towards polio eradication. • Nigeria program conducted multiple seroprevalence surveys in…”
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Towards an effective poliovirus laboratory containment strategy in Nigeria by Ticha, Johnson Muluh, Matthew, Kolawole Olatunji, Hamisu, Abdullahi Walla, Fiona, Braka, Mkanda, Pascal, Nsubuga, Peter, Tesfaye, Eberto, Craig, Kehinde, Andrew, Etsano, Emelife, Obi, Shuaib, Faisal, Folasade, Akinkugbe, Adeniji, Johnson, Adamu, Usman, Dallatu, Mohammed, Oyeyinka, Geoffrey, Brown, Holly, Nnamah, Nwakasik, Okwori, Joseph, Chinedu, Chukwuike, Anibijuwon, Ibikunle, Olubusuyi, Adewumi, Emmanuel, Donbraye, Bagana, Murtala, Baba, Marycelin, Nicksy, Gumede, Banda, Richard, Tegegne, Sisay G, Oyetunji, Ajiboye, Diop, Ousmane, Tomori, O, Vaz, Rui G

“…The Global Commission for the Certification of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis will declare the world free of wild poliovirus transmission when no wild virus…”
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Leveraging Polio Geographic Information System Platforms in the African Region for Mitigating COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Surveillance Challenges: Viewpoint by Akpan, Godwin Ubong, Bello, Isah Mohammed, Touray, Kebba, Ngofa, Reuben, Oyaole, Daniel Rasheed, Maleghemi, Sylvester, Babona, Marie, Chikwanda, Chanda, Poy, Alain, Mboussou, Franck, Ogundiran, Opeayo, Impouma, Benido, Mihigo, Richard, Yao, Nda Konan Michel, Ticha, Johnson Muluh, Tuma, Jude, A Mohamed, Hani Farouk, Kanmodi, Kehinde, Ejiofor, Nonso Ephraim, Kipterer, John Kapoi, Manengu, Casimir, Kasolo, Francis, Seaman, Vincent, Mkanda, Pascal

“…The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is an urgent public health crisis. Estimated models projected over 150,000 deaths and 4,600,000 hospitalizations in the…”
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Polio infrastructure strengthened disease outbreak preparedness and response in the WHO African Region by Kouadio, Koffi, Okeibunor, Joseph, Nsubuga, Peter, Mihigo, Richard, Mkanda, Pascal

“…Highlights • PEI resources are often deployed in response outbreaks of public health emergencies. • These PEI contributions to disease outbreaks response have…”
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Risk factors for the spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and the effects of outbreak responses with monovalent vaccine: a retrospective analysis of surveillance data for 51 countries in Africa by Cooper, Laura V, Bandyopadhyay, Ananda S, Gumede, Nicksy, Mach, Ondrej, Mkanda, Pascal, Ndoutabé, Modjirom, Okiror, Samuel O, Ramirez-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Touray, Kebba, Wanyoike, Sarah, Grassly, Nicholas C, Blake, Isobel M

“…Expanding outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2) across Africa after the global withdrawal of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine…”
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Coordination as a best practice from the polio eradication initiative: Experiences from five member states in the African region of the World Health Organization by Okeibunor, Joseph, Nsubuga, Peter, Salla, Mbaye, Mihigo, Richard, Mkanda, Pascal

“…Highlights • Structures were put in place to ensure coordinated mobilization of resources for PEI. • With the recorded successes, the structures became…”
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Reaching the unreached with polio vaccine and other child survival interventions through partnership with military in Angola by Fekadu, Lemma, Okeibunor, Joseph, Nsubuga, Peter, Kipela, Jean Marie, Mkanda, Pascal, Mihigo, Richard

“…Highlights • Conflict played major role in precipitating polio outbreaks in the Horn of Africa. • These led to rapid population movements and inaccessibility…”
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Introduction by Okeibunor, Joseph, Dicky Akanmori, Bartholomew, Mihigo, Richard, Mkanda, Pascal

“…The papers, written by those who were actively engaged in polio eradication, cover every aspect of the PEI, from preparedness and response to disease…”
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Introduction by Okeibunor, Joseph, Dicky Akanmori, Bartholomew, Mihigo, Richard, Mkanda, Pascal

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