Polio supplementary immunization campaign evaluation: the Maban experience, Upper Nile state, South Sudan, August 2013

The recent polio outbreak in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia demanded a safety net Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) for four bordering States, including Upper Nile. Aiming to reach children aged 0-59 months, a house-to-house strategy was employed from 20-23 of August 2013 to vaccinate all children...

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Main Author: Amenu Wesen Denegetu (Author)
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Published: Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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