Reaching beyond the health post: Community-based surveillance for polio eradication
| Autor: | Ellen Coates, Dora Ward Curry, Penny Altman, Filimona Bisrat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Development in Practice. 23:69-78 |
| ISSN: | 1364-9213 0961-4524 |
| Popis: | This article discusses the CORE Group Polio Project Ethiopia's introduction of community-based surveillance (CBS) of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) to support polio eradication. A USAID-funded collaboration among Ethiopian and US-based NGOs, the CGPP supports volunteers in education about AFP and encouraging case reporting. Volunteers also conduct active case searches, visiting community leaders likely to have contact with paralysis cases. The project's methods strengthen communities' awareness of AFP and their connection to the health system. Data indicate a near doubling of AFP reporting in project areas since the implementation of CBS, according to MOH-E (Ministry of Health, Ethiopia)/WHO statistics. Allant au-dela du poste de sante: surveillance communautaire pour eradication de la poliomyelite Cet article traite de l'introduction par le Projet sur la polio du CORE Group (CGPP) en Ethiopie de la surveillance communautaire (SC) de la paralysie flasque aigue (PFA) pour soutenir l’eradication de la polio.... |
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