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Strengthening Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Through the Village Polio Volunteers Program in Somalia

Author(s) -

Chukwuma Mbaeyi,

Abdinoor Mohamed,

Brian Ogola Owino,

Kumlachew Mengistu,

Derek Ehrhardt,

Eltayeb Ahmed Elsayed

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy180

Subject(s) - medicine , acute flaccid paralysis , poliomyelitis , poliomyelitis eradication , poliovirus , outbreak , emergency medicine , pediatrics , virology , virus

Surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a key strategy adopted for the eradication of polio. Detection of poliovirus circulation is often predicated on the ability to identify AFP cases and test their stool specimens for poliovirus infection in a timely manner. The Village Polio Volunteers (VPV) program was established in 2013 in a bid to strengthen polio eradication activities in Somalia, including AFP surveillance, given the country's vulnerability to polio outbreaks.

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