Presentation

Reaching Every Child Across All Settings – Learning from Practice and Implementation from the CORE Group Polio Project

At this year’s CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference on June 5 in Bethesda, Maryland, the CORE Group Polio Project Secretariat Directors from South Sudan and Nigeria spoke of their work in protracted conflict situations to reach vulnerable children with polio immunization. To support the global push to eradicate polio and to improve child health, the directors addressed the need to integrate immunization services with nutrition, safe water, good hygiene practices, and other health promotion activities that go beyond simply providing two drops of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV.) CGPP Deputy Director Lee Losey, who served as the first CGPP Secretariat Director in Angola, moderated the concurrent session.

Read the full description of the session.

You can also view the poster presented by CORE Group Polio Project Nigeria on Innovative Approach to Reaching Under-served Children Using Religious Leaders in Polio High Risk Area of Northern Nigeria.