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

Ellen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon and Rina Dey
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):68-83; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00018
Ellen A Coates
aGlobal Consultants, Inc., USA
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Silvio Waisbord
bThe George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Jitendra Awale
cCORE Group Polio Project – India, Gurgaon, India
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Roma Solomon
cCORE Group Polio Project – India, Gurgaon, India
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cCORE Group Polio Project – India, Gurgaon, India
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    Social Mobilization Network (SMNet) Pyramid

    Source: Reference 10.

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    Sample Community Map of Vaccine-Eligible Children

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

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

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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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    DPT3 Immunization Coverage Among Children Ages 12–23 Months in 3 High-Risk Districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, by District and CGPP blocks

    Abbreviations: DPT3, 3rd dose of the diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccine; CGPP, Core Group Polio Project; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.

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Ellen A Coates, Silvio Waisbord, Jitendra Awale, Roma Solomon, Rina Dey
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    • ABSTRACT
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    • OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS
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