Key result
Poor preparation, low-skilled teams, and weak monitoring hinder polio eradication in security-compromised settings.
Why the study?
Despite significant progress in polio eradication globally, challenges remain in implementing eradication activities in security compromised settings such as Pakistan.
Supports targeted improvements in campaign logistics for security-compromised areas; leaves open impact on polio eradication progress.
BackgroundToday, the world is nearer than it has ever been to polio eradication.The vaccination efforts have brought polio case reduction by 99.8% since the GPEI (Global Polio Eradication Initiative) began in 1988.Because of the polio eradication initiative, an estimated 250,000 children are now alive and another 5 million children are walking who otherwise would have been paralyzed [1].To interrupt polio transmission in many countries, it has taken 25 years and a cost exceeding $10 billion from external sources; exclusive of polio funds from countries' and bilateral sources.Moreover, it is predicted that, every additional year will cost close to $1 billion from external sources [2].If the polio eradication program falls short, it is estimated over 250,000 children will be paralyzed every single year with possible serious counterattacks
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Netsanet W Fetene (2014) studied Polio eradication (n=16). Program implementation factors in security-compromised settings was evaluated on Consensus on key determinant factors for implementing polio eradication activities. Major factors affecting the polio eradication program in security-compromised settings were found to be poor pre-campaign preparation, low-skilled polio team involvement, and poor campaign monitoring and reporting.
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