supporting national community health worker programs_losey
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Community Health Workers
CORE Group Polio Project
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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
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Nigeria Polio Survivor
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Nigeria Polio Survivor
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Polio Survivor
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Current CGPP country Past CGPP country
647
2,710
335
4,296
1,238
9,226 community mobilizers in five countries
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Nigeria 647
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Angola 2,710
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South Sudan 900 Community Volunteers
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Kano Nigeria
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Ethiopian 3,000
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India 1,238 Community Mobilizers
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Kenya and Somalia 600 Proposed
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Why CHWs?
• Link to the community • Cost effective • Sustainable • Trainable • Available • Effective
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What do they do?
• Newborn and pregnant women tracking • Social mobilization • Campaign support • Community health education • Vaccination status tracking • Outreach vaccination coordination • Advocacy • Surveillance
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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
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Our Progress Against Polio
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Outreach Vaccination in South Sudan
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More Work to do