Across Borders, Across Communities
Uganda: Immunize Against Polio or Face the Law
...considering enforcement of Ugandan law and the role of parental action on immunisation of children as part of efforts to curb the spread of the polio virus. According to a health ministry spokesman, parents can be charged under the Public Health Act, the Penal Code Act, and the Children's Statute because refusing to immunise a baby infringes on his/her right to health and at the same time exposes other children to infections....
Presentations from the Technical Advisory Group Meeting (TAG) for Pakistan and Afghanistan in Cairo (2009)
... discussing progress that was made in both Pakistan and Afghanistan since the last TAG meeting. This meeting looked at top-level government leadership, improvement in monitoring polio campaigns, and enhanced programme implementation in areas that had suffered polio importations, as well as in key reservoir areas. The TAG also noted the continued and strengthened cross-border collaboration between the two countries...
Evaluating the Experience of GAPS - A Methodology for Improving Quality of Mass Immunization Campaigns in Developing Countries
...evaluating a field-based methodology for predicting, in advance of an immunisation campaign (e.g. polio), the sites which are most likely to have a pocket of unvaccinated persons and then using this information to improve planning, supervision, and evaluation of the campaign. This paper evaluates two applications of GAPS in Nepal and Ethiopia and makes recommendations regarding its future use...
