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How One Nigerian State Overcame Vaccine Hesitancy and Eradicated Polio

Ogar Monday

June 24, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

Across Cross River, the government is partnering with traditional leaders, both chiefs and Muslim clerics, to build communication, trust, and acceptance of its polio vaccine program in local communities. The strategy has contributed to the fact that 900,000 children have received both sets of the vaccine and the state remains polio free.

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Inside Nebraska's Surprisingly Effective Covid Strategy

Kathy Gilsinan

April 22, 2022 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Nebraska

Although Nebraska’s governor never ordered a statewide shutdown, shuns mandates, and the state’s vaccination rate is not high, the state has had an efficient and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nebraska has fared among the best in the country when it comes to health, economic, social, and educational factors. The success is due to a combination of solid pre-existing medical infrastructure, particularly in infectious disease, and efficient state government that allowed the state to function logistically without relying on the federal government.

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To find out where the covid pandemic is headed, look here: The sewer

Lena H. Sun Dan Keating

April 14, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses a nationwide wastewater monitoring system to detect rising and falling levels of COVID-19 in the population. Infected people shed virus when they use the toilet, even if they don’t have symptoms, alerting officials 4-6 days before people start testing positive. The anonymous and inexpensive monitoring system has been relied on by local and state health officials to run targeted awareness campaigns and shift policies, like mask guidance, to effectively contain outbreaks.

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Nigerian Medical Students' Association: Active Citizenship for Health Improving Malaria Prevention and Treatment Awareness

Chibuike Alagboso

April 11, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Different chapters of the Nigerian Medical Students’ Association came together to form the National Malaria Elimination and Sensitisation Project or NMESP in 2021 wherein 433 of their members volunteered to carry out outreach work. They collaborated with local churches, youth groups, and the local health centers to reach the community. In 46 days, they had spread malaria awareness in about 38 communities and tested 523 people with Rapid Diagnostic Test kits. They also prescribed medications, and distributed free repellents and insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

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Vaccinating the Amazon: Hundreds of Indigenous languages, climate, terrain and more all complicate a massive effort

Megan Janetsky

March 20, 2022 |

USA Today |

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Response Location: Chile

Hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in remote regions of the Amazon have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in part thanks to programs that send indigenous vaccinators with non-mRNA vaccines to remote villages. There, they meet with community leaders and work to gain the community’s trust before vaccinating those who are willing. Non-mRNA vaccines are used due to the refrigeration needed for mRNA doses, but they also make it easier to address misconceptions associated with the new and unfamiliar mRNA technology.

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How a rural hospital broke language barriers to provide COVID vaccines to immigrants

Carter Barrett

March 02, 2022 |

Side Effects Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Seymour, Indiana

One rural hospital in Indiana vaccinated hundreds of immigrants from Central America by working with trusted community leaders and setting up a Hispanic Health Task Force. Health officials held vaccine clinics alongside trusted community members at locations that were familiar to residents, like a local Catholic church that offers Spanish-language services. The hospital and task force initially established community connections to distribute information about COVID-19, so they were able to utilize the connections to increase vaccination rates once the vaccine rolled out.

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Strengthening Surveillance and Vaccine Uptake to Curb the Transmission of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus in Kano State

Bashar Abubakar

January 17, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Outbreak Response teams travel from house to house in Kano, Nigeria, making sure children are vaccinated against wild poliovirus to prevent its spread.

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Cross River State ministry of health Leveraged on Polio campaign to integrate Covid vaccination

Amarachukwu Ugwu

January 07, 2022 |

Sparkling 92.3 FM |

Radio |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

To vaccinate eligible adults against COVID-19, the health ministry distributed vaccines to adults alongside an already established campaign that vaccinates children against Polio. The existing vaccination structure helped health officials bring COVID-19 vaccines to communities and increased communities’ trust of the vaccine, since it was administered alongside the established and trusted Polio campaign. When children under 5 years old received their Polio vaccine all eligible adults are offered the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 100,000 people were vaccinated for COVID-19 during the campaign.

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Mosquito nets distribution helping to combat Nigeria's malaria crisis

Samson Toromade

December 31, 2021 |

Pulse Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Society for Family Health began providing pre-packaged malaria treatment for vulnerable groups in the 1980s but eventually evolved to focus mainly on the distribution of insecticide-treated nets to prevent infection and reduce transmission in the first place. The campaign is funded by international aid organizations and distribution is based on actual population data for the communities where it works to ensure 100% coverage. The campaign has effectively reduced malaria transmission and employs local community members to help with distribution, which improves the local economy.

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This Scientist Created a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pandemic. Here's Why You Still Can't Get It.

Lydia DePillis

December 21, 2021 |

ProPublica |

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Response Location: United States

E25Bio created a rapid COVID-19 test soon after the pandemic began and had an existing factory that could be repurposed to quickly manufacture tests. The prototypes, priced under $10 each, attracted major donors and would have made at-home antigen tests that identified around 80% of contagious cases available from the pandemic’s early days. Instead, an unclear FDA review process that prioritized higher detection rates over inexpensive ways people could test often, as well as resistance from medical device regulators, prevented the company from producing the tests for the public early in the pandemic.

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