Trends of key surveillance performance indicators of acute flaccid paralysis: a descriptive analysis, Uganda, 2015-2020

• Main Authors: Bob Omoda Amodan (Author), Annet Kisakye (Author), Patricia Thiwe Okumu (Author), Sherry Rita Ahirirwe (Author), Daniel Kadobera (Author), Alfred Driwale (Author), Alex Riolexus Ario (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Polio is disease caused by poliovirus which can in turn cause irreversible paralytic disease, presenting as Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP). A sensitive AFP surveillance system, in which all reported AFP cases are evaluated, first to determine if they are true AFP cases or not, is...