Poliomyelitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, challenges and recommendations

• Main Authors: Olivier Uwishema (Author), Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu (Author), Oumnia Bouaddi (Author), Arushi Kapoor (Author), Samaa Akhtar (Author), Fortune Benjamin Effiong (Author), Adhiraj Chaudhary (Author), Helen Onyeaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Poliomyelitis is the leading infectious cause of acute flaccid paralysis among children under five years of age, caused by the Wild Poliovirus, with no medical cure other than prevention through vaccination. The advent of mass vaccination campaigns against polio disease worldwide has greatly decreas...