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The Cross Border Health Initiative for Polio Eradication Operation Guide

This CBHI Operation Guide is a product of these multiple efforts. While the CBHI emphasizes the critical need for cross-border collaboration, it also recognizes the equal importance of each border health authority to pay special focus and attention to its border communities, facilities and high-risk mobile populations (HRMPs) to mitigate the risk of cross-border importation of WPV.

The guide provides the following information: an overview of the CBHI; the process of organizing a CBHI meeting; the need to strengthen information sharing along and across borders; the implementation of the cross-border joint action plan; the development of a monitoring and reporting system of cross-border activities, and practical information on the aspects of effective partnerships that can be applied to cross-border initiatives in the Horn of Africa.