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Some lessons for malaria from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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Title
Some lessons for malaria from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Published in
Malaria Journal, May 2021
DOI 10.1186/s12936-021-03690-6
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Matiana González-Silva, N. Regina Rabinovich

Abstract

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988 with the aim of completely clearing wild polio viruses by 2000. More than three decades later, the goal has not been achieved, although spectacular advances have been made, with wild polio virus reported in only 2 countries in 2019. In spite of such progress, novel challenges have been added to the equation, most importantly outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio cases resulting from reversion to neurovirulence of attenuated vaccine virus, and insufficient coverage of vaccination. In the context of the latest discussions on malaria eradication, the GPEI experience provides more than a few lessons to the malaria field when considering a coordinated eradication campaign. The WHO Strategic Advisory Committee on Malaria Eradication (SAGme) stated in 2020 that in the context of more than 200 million malaria cases reported, eradication was far from reach in the near future and, therefore, efforts should remain focused on getting back on track to achieve the objectives set by the Global Technical Strategy against Malaria (2016-2030). Acknowledging the deep differences between both diseases and the stages they are in their path towards eradication, this paper draws from the history of GPEI and highlights relevant insights into what it takes to eradicate a pathogen in fields as varied as priority setting, global governance, strategy, community engagement, surveillance systems, and research. Above all, it shows the critical need for openness to change and adaptation as the biological, social and political contexts vary throughout the time an eradication campaign is ongoing.

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Unknown 37 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Professor 2 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 17 46%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 19%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 18 49%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2021.
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#14,541,759
of 24,400,706 outputs
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#3,713
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#210,084
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#68
of 122 outputs
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