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Community Health Workers

CORE Group Polio Project

Why Polio Eradication?

• 350,000 Global Cases Annually in 1988 • 58,000 Cases in the United States in 1952 • After Small Pox Eradication it appeared to be

an achievable goal • Devastating Lifelong disability

Nigeria Polio Survivor

Nigeria Polio Survivor

Polio Survivor

Current CGPP country Past CGPP country

647

2,710

335

4,296

1,238

9,226 community mobilizers in five countries

Nigeria 647

Angola 2,710

South Sudan 900 Community Volunteers

Kano Nigeria

Ethiopian 3,000

India 1,238 Community Mobilizers

Kenya and Somalia 600 Proposed

Why CHWs?

• Link to the community • Cost effective • Sustainable • Trainable • Available • Effective

What do they do?

• Newborn and pregnant women tracking • Social mobilization • Campaign support • Community health education • Vaccination status tracking • Outreach vaccination coordination • Advocacy • Surveillance

The Secretariat Model

• Coordinating with the government health system from the community to the national level

• Coordinating the collaboration of NGO partners, UN Agencies and the government

Our Progress Against Polio

Outreach Vaccination in South Sudan

More Work to do