Articles by Mkanda on Polio and Polio Elimination in Nigeria
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Articles by Mkanda on Polio and Polio Elimination in Nigeria
Pascal Mkanda is a veteran of GPEI, formerly in Nigeria, now in the WHO regional office for Africa. His co-authored work from Nigeria is largely focused on technical and social approaches to stopping transmission in the more challenging northern states of that country.
Of particular interest to students of Nigeria are the items on use of GPS for tracking polio vaccination teams (item 2), the introduction of IPV in conflict affected zones (item 4), the extensive use of the LQAS methodology (item 7), and the “Nigerianization” of the STOP program which originated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (item 8).
Polio Eradication
- Strategies for Improving Polio Surveillance Performance in the Security-Challenged Nigerian States of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe During 2009-2014. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/12/09/infdis.jiv530.full
- Tracking Vaccination Teams During Polio Campaigns in Northern Nigeria by Use of Geographic Information System Technology: 2013-2015. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/11/25/infdis.jiv493.full.pdf+html
- Youth Group Engagement in Noncompliant Communities During Supplemental Immunization Activities in Kaduna, Nigeria, in 2014. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/11/25/infdis.jiv510.full
- Mass immunization with inactivated polio vaccine in conflict zones - Experience from Borno and Yobe States, North-Eastern Nigeria.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26538455
- Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication--Nigeria, January 2014-July 2015. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6432a5.htm
- Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication in Nigeria. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/210/suppl_1/S40.full
- Cluster lot quality assurance sampling: effect of increasing the number of clusters on classification precision and operational feasibility. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25316853
- Polio eradication in Nigeria and the role of the National Stop Transmission of Polio program, 2012-2013. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25316824
- Vaccine perception among acceptors and non-acceptors in Sokoto State, Nigeria. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X14004198
10. Outbreak of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus in Nigeria: emergence and widespread circulation in an underimmunized population. jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/203/7/898.full
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