Leveraging global investments for polio eradication to strengthen health systems' resilience through transition.

ABSTRACT: Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, more than US$20 billion has been invested globally in polio eradication. The World Health Organization and its partners are currently supporting Member States to transition the functions used to eradicate polio to strengthen their health systems. This study analyses global polio activities through the lens of health systems and the Common Goods for Health (CGH). Polio activities include key health system functions such as surveillance and response systems and immunization, which are essential to maintaining resilient health systems. They also support essential functions such as policy development, planning, training and capacity building, which are often underfunded in many countries. To improve overall resilience, it is

SUBMITTER: Tediosi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10977911 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature