Successful polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh, India: the pivotal contribution of the Social Mobilization Network, an NGO/UNICEF collaboration

Sample Community Map of Vaccine-Eligible Children

In Uttar Pradesh, India, a community mobilization coordinator promotes immunization and other positive health-seeking behavior at a local mothers’ meeting.

A vaccinator in Uttar Pradesh marks a house with the letter “P,” indicating that all children under 5 in the family were vaccinated.

The Core Group Polio Project produced a “Snakes and Ladders” board game with a health theme to encourage children and families to choose positive health behaviors, such as polio vaccination.

Vaccinators conducted special outreach activities, such as at brick-kiln sites, to reach families of migrant workers in Uttar Pradesh.

On vaccination booth days, children in Uttar Pradesh encouraged people to vaccinate their children.

OPV Coverage in Areas With and Without SMNet CMCs, High-Risk Districts of Western Uttar Pradesh,^a September 2008 and August 2009 Vaccination Booths

^a Muzaffarnagar District is not included because it did not have a vaccination booth in August 2009.

Abbreviations: OPV, oral polio vaccine; SMNet, Social Mobilization Network; CMCs, Community Mobilization Coordinators.