To Develop, Implement and Evaluate the Polio Demonstration Project Comprising of a Community Based Intervention Package for Polio Eradication in Pakistan

Summary

The objective of the projects is to Develop and implement a Package of interventions that will comprise of an augmented communication and counseling strategy coupled with private sector involvement and a combined Oral Polio Vaccine and Inject able Polio Vaccine approach during the Polio campaigns followed by the evaluation of this project for acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention Package.

Timeline

Start

2013-07

Primary completion

2017-07

Completion

2021-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The estimated OPV coverage was 75% in arm A compared with 82% in arm B (difference vs arm A 6·6%; 95% CI 4·8-8·3) PMID 28495264 ↗

paper overall p<0·0001 PMID 28495264 ↗

paper a strategy of community mobilisation and targeted community-based health and immunisation camps during polio immunisation campaigns was successful in increasing vaccine coverage PMID 28495264 ↗

Publications

• Habib MA, Soofi S, Cousens S, Anwar S, Haque NU, Ahmed I, Ali N, Tahir R, Bhutta ZA. Community engagement and integrated health and polio immunisation campaigns in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Jun;5(6):e593-e603. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30184-5.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Inactivated Polio Vaccine	Vaccine	—	Other
Subject	Oral Polio Vaccine	Vaccine	—	Oral

Indications