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Contributions of Volunteer Community Mobilizers to Polio Eradication in Nigeria: The Experiences of Non-governmental and Civil Society Organizations

The Northern states were the epicenter of the wild poliovirus outbreak in Nigeria in 2016. To raise immunization coverage, particularly of polio, the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) in Nigeria introduced the use of nongovernmental organizations and volunteer community mobilizers (VCMs) through th...

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Autores principales: Duru, Janefrancis Ijeoma, Usman, Samuel, Adeosun, Opeyemi, Stamidis, Katherine V., Bologna, Lydia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31760970
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0068