Leveraging Civil Society Contributions to Polio Transition and Integration
According to the United Nations, a civil society organization (CSO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group which is organized on a local, national, or international level. CSOs have a vital role to play in the control of infectious diseases. Some CSOs play an...A race to eradicate polio: What does logistics have to do with it?
VillageReach was brought on to conduct national assessments and create customized improvement implementation plans in 15 countries at high risk for polio outbreaks, aiming to improve the speed and quality of polio sample transportation from communities/health...
The Drum Beat 817 – Social Listening: Polio, Immunisation, and Vaccines
Social listening in the context of vaccination entails mechanisms put in place to understand the information needs of people, their concerns, and the knowledge gaps they have in relation to vaccines – that is, social data. It also supports the tracking and...
How an Unexpected Polio Case Revived an Urgent Eradication Mission: A Polio Sample Transport Program Q&A
At the 29th Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Poliomyelitis Eradication meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi in June 2022, representatives of the Malawi Ministry of Health and of ARCC recalled the shocking news they had received from the NICD laboratory in...