How to eradicate polio in Pakistan: Insights from community health workers.

• Main Authors: Marium A Sultan (Author), Svea Closser (Author), Arman Majidulla (Author), Saeed Ahmed (Author), Farah Naz (Author), Sadaf Nayyab (Author), Ayesha Zaman (Author), Muhammad Shafique (Author), Ali Sohail (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, is one of two countries where wild poliovirus is still endemic. Frontline workers (FLWs) are the staff most intimately familiar with both implementation challenges and community context. Harnessing their expertise may be a way to improve the community-polio program...