Polio Outbreak Among Nomads in Chad: Outbreak Response and Lessons Learned | Zendy

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Polio Outbreak Among Nomads in Chad: Outbreak Response and Lessons Learned

Author(s) -

Serigne M. Ndiaye,

Mahamat Abdoulaye Ahmed,

Melinda Denson,

Allen S. Craig,

Katrina Kretsinger,

Baharadine Cherif,

Pierre Kandolo,

Daugla Doumagoum Moto,

Ayangma Richelot,

Jude Tuma

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit564

Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , poliomyelitis eradication , polio vaccination , vaccination , outbreak , psychological intervention , government (linguistics) , medicine , socioeconomics , polio vaccine , economic growth , environmental health , geography , political science , poliovirus , virology , nursing , sociology , virus , linguistics , philosophy , economics

In response to the 2011 and 2012 polio epidemic in Chad, Chad's Ministry of Public Health, with support from Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners, took steps to increase vaccination coverage of nomadic children with targeted polio campaigns. This article describes the strategies we used to vaccinate nomads in 3 districts of Chad.

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