Polio in Somalia, Selected Citations
As Somalia struggles once more to rid itself of cVDPV, Types 2 and 3, the GPEI webpage, http://polioeradication.org/where-we-work/somalia/ provides weekly updates on the status of polio in Somalia and other outbreak countries.
In the items listed below, item 1 gives an historical overview of polio eradication in Somalia up to and including the epidemic year of 2013. Items 2 and 3 give an account of the investigation and response actions of 2013. Item 3, from the MMWR, is on risk mitigation in polio-free countries. Items 5 through 8 place Somalia and polio eradication in their social and political context, including community participation in surveillance. Items 9 and 10 cover surveillance and lab issues.
Good reading.
1. Progress toward polio eradication--Somalia, 1998-2013.
Mbaeyi C et al.
J Infect Dis. (2014)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703039/
2. Polio outbreak investigation and response in Somalia, 2013.
Kamadjeu R, Mahamud A, Webeck J, Baranyikwa MT, Chatterjee A, Bile YN, Birungi J, Mbaeyi C, Mulugeta A.
J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 1;210 Suppl 1:S181-6. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu453.
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/210/suppl_1/S181/2194427
3. Designing and implementing an electronic dashboard for disease outbreaks response - Case study of the 2013-2014 Somalia Polio outbreak response dashboard.
Kamadjeu R, Gathenji C.
Pan
Afr Med J. 2017 Jun 22;27(Suppl 3):22. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2017.27.3.11062. eCollection 2017.
http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/27/3/22/full/
4. Assessing and mitigating the risks for polio outbreaks in polio-free countries - Africa, 2013-2014.
Andre M, Wolff CG, Tangermann RH, Chenoweth P, Tallis G, Kamgang JB, Wassilak SG; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Aug 29;63(34):756-61.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6334a4.htm
5. Threats to oral polio vaccine acceptance in Somalia: Polling in an outbreak.
SteelFisher GK, Blendon RJ, Haydarov R, Lodge W 2nd, Caporello H, Guirguis S, Anand S, Birungi J, Williams MR, Ben-Porath EN, OReilly D, Sahm C.
Vaccine. 2018 Jul 25;36(31):4716-4724. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.06.003.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958738
6. Strengthening Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance through the Village Polio Volunteers Program in Somalia.
Mbaeyi C, Mohamed A, Owino BO, Mengistu KF, Ehrhardt D, Elsayed EA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 2. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy180.
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciy180/4917570
7. Approaches to Vaccination Among Populations in Areas of Conflict.
Nnadi C, Etsano A, Uba B, Ohuabunwo C, Melton M, Wa Nganda G, Esapa L, Bolu O, Mahoney F, Vertefeuille J, Wiesen E, Durry E.
J Infect Dis. 2017 Jul 1;216(suppl_1):S368-S372. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix175.
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/216/suppl_1/S368/3935080
8. Why have the majority of recent polio cases occurred in countries affected by Islamist militancy? A historical comparative analysis of the political determinants of polio in Nigeria, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria.
Kennedy J.
Med Confl Surviv. 2016 Oct-Dec;32(4):295-316. doi: 10.1080/13623699.2017.1294338. Epub 2017 Mar 7.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13623699.2017.1294338?journalCode=fmcs20
9. Contribution of Contact Sampling in Increasing Sensitivity of Poliovirus Detection During A Polio Outbreak-Somalia, 2013.
Moturi E, Mahmud A, Kamadjeu R, Mbaeyi C, Farag N, Mulugeta A, Gary H Jr, Ehrhardt D.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 May 30;3(2):ofw111. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw111. eCollection 2016 Apr.
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/3/2/ofw111/2399480
Blake IM, Chenoweth P, Okayasu H, Donnelly CA, Aylward RB, Grassly NC.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar;22(3):449-56. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.151394.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-1394_article
Mahamud A, Kamadjeu R, Webeck J, Mbaeyi C, Baranyikwa MT, Birungi J, Nurbile Y, Ehrhardt D, Shukla H, Chatterjee A, Mulugeta A.
J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 1;210 Suppl 1:S187-93. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu261.
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/210/suppl_1/S187/2194400
Warsame A.
Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Apr;2(4):e197-8. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70010-5. Epub 2014 Mar 27. No abstract available.
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X%2814%2970010-5
Jeene H, Hassan AH.
Lancet. 2014 Jun 28;383(9936):2209. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61079-5. No abstract available
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2814%2961079-5