Raising Awareness: Timely Immunization is your Child's Bodyguard Launched in the Republic of Georgia in February 2007, this yearlong behaviour change communication (BCC) campaign was designed to improve immunisation coverage to children below 1 year of age and to reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. Using the slogan "Timely Immunization is your Child's Bodyguard", the campaign used interpersonal communication, radio and television ads, newspaper articles, and informative booklets, posters, and banners called on mothers and other caregivers to take their newborn promptly and on schedule at 2, 3, and 4 months of age to the nearest health facility... Cycle to Walk This awareness-raising and fund-generating initiative was created by a 28-year-old polio survivor who, in April 2008, began riding via hand cycle (an alternative to a conventional bicycle) 7,200 km across Canada. His central goal is to educate people in that country about the continuing need for immunisation against polio as part of a push toward the global eradication of polio. In addition to raising awareness about the disease, Ramesh Ferris hopes to facilitate donations to support the rehabilitation of polio survivors in economically poor countries...
Evaluating progress: Towards Polio Communication Indicators: A Discussion Document This discussion document grew from the work and analysis of the Communication Review/Technical Advisory Groups and is based on field experience, recommendations, and presentations from various partners within the polio programmes of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and several other countries where polio is no longer endemic. It was designed to provide a basis for discussion and further reflection towards the establishment of core standard indicators for polio communication... Report: Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Poliomyelitis Eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan This report was generated following a technical consultation on polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, held in Egypt from February 3-4, 2008. The objectives of the meeting included: reviewing progress towards polio eradication in the two countries, with a focus on 2007; discussing planned activities for 2008; and making recommendations to enable the programme to address constraints facing the two national programmes...
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