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1. Community Health Workers
CORE Group Polio Project

2. 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

3. Nigeria Polio Survivor

4. Nigeria Polio Survivor

5. Polio Survivor

6. Current CGPP country
Past CGPP country
647
2,710
335
4,296
1,238
9,226 community mobilizers in five countries

7. Nigeria 647

8. Angola 2,710

9. South Sudan 900 Community Volunteers

10. Kano Nigeria

11. Ethiopian 3,000

12. India 1,238 Community Mobilizers

13. Kenya and Somalia 600 Proposed

14. Why CHWs?
• Link to the community
• Cost effective
• Sustainable
• Trainable
• Available
• Effective

15. What do they do?
• Newborn and pregnant women tracking
• Social mobilization
• Campaign support
• Community health education
• Vaccination status tracking
• Outreach vaccination coordination
• Advocacy
• Surveillance

16. 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

17. Our Progress Against Polio

18. Outreach Vaccination in South Sudan

19. More Work to do