What question did this study set out to answer?

Assess global acute flaccid paralysis surveillance performance indicators to track progress toward poliovirus eradication and detect circulating virus transmission.

May 21, 2020MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ReportOpen Access

Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2018–2019

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Why the study?

High quality, sensitive surveillance is important to ensure timely detection and response to cVDPV and WPV transmission.

Population

40 designated priority countries

Design

Surveillance study

Authors

JLJacquelyn S. LicknessCenters for Disease Control and Prevention TGTracie J. GardnerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention ODOusmane M. DiopInstitute of Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training

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Implication

Many priority countries miss AFP surveillance targets; leaves open undetected poliovirus transmission and warrants targeted surveillance research.

Key Points

Assess global acute flaccid paralysis surveillance performance indicators to track progress toward poliovirus eradication and detect circulating virus transmission.
Evaluated national and subnational acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance performance indicators across 40 designated priority countries during 2018–2019.
Only 25 of 40 designated priority countries (63%) met national AFP surveillance indicators in 2019.
Subnational surveillance performance varied widely, revealing focal weaknesses that limit timely detection of circulating vaccine-derived and wild poliovirus transmission.

Structured PICO

Population

40 designated priority countries for polio surveillance

Intervention

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance

Outcome

Meeting AFP surveillance indicators nationally

Subnational surveillance performance for polio varies widely, highlighting the need for high-quality surveillance to detect and respond to poliovirus transmission.

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Lickness et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87d1eb7d1a7154c50161da https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6920a3

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Many priority countries miss AFP surveillance targets; leaves open undetected poliovirus transmission and warrants targeted surveillance research.

Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2018–2019

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Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2018–2019

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