India s successful program to eliminate polio provides guidance for mass immunization initiatives
As India urgently scales up its vaccination campaign for the COVID-19 virus, a new study which examined the country s successful program to eliminate polio provides guidance on how this and future mass immunization campaigns can be successful, especially in vaccinating hard to reach groups.
The study, conducted by students and faculty with the Reach Alliance, a research initiative based at the University of Toronto s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, says that medicine alone is insufficient for the elimination of disease.
The World Health Organization declared India polio-free in 2014. While the country had the medical ability to eliminate polio for decades, new managerial strategies were necessary to achieve polio elimination among India s hardest to reach, including within religious minorities and impoverished communities.
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Lessons Learned from India s Polio Vaccination Program Provide Valuable Insights for Future Mass Vaccination Initiatives.
Toronto - As India urgently scales up its vaccination campaign for the COVID-19 virus, a new study which examined the country s successful program to eliminate polio provides guidance on how this and future mass immunization campaigns can be successful, especially in vaccinating hard to reach groups.
The study, conducted by students and faculty with the Reach Alliance, a research initiative based at the University of Toronto s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, says that medicine alone is insufficient for the elimination of disease.
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University of Toronto’s Reach Alliance expands to University of Oxford, University College London and Tecnológico de Monterrey
April 30, 2021 GMT
The Reach Alliance is a multidisciplinary research initiative based at the University of Toronto s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (CNW Group/Reach Alliance, University of Toronto)
The Reach Alliance is a multidisciplinary research initiative based at the University of Toronto s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (CNW Group/Reach Alliance, University of Toronto) Initiative brings together researchers from across disciplines and sectors to investigate successful examples of reaching last-mile populations
The Reach Alliance’s reach just got a little longer.
The University of Toronto research initiative – which brings together undergraduate and graduate students with faculty mentors to investigate how organizations are delivering services to vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations around the globe – is expanding to three leading universities: University of Oxford, University College London and Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Joseph Wong (Photo by Johnny Guatto)
Joseph Wong, U of T’s vice-president, international, and Reach Alliance founder, announced the three international partners Friday at the closing of the 2021 Reach Symposium, an annual gathering of leaders from the academic, private and civil society sectors to share insights on how to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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