Modeling Poliovirus Surveillance and Immunization Campaign Quality Monitoring Costs for Pakistan and Afghanistan for 2019-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan for 2019-2023 includes commitments to monitor the quality of immunization campaigns using lot quality assurance sampling surveys (LQAS) and to support poliovirus surveillance in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Methods

We analyzed LQAS and poliovirus surveillance data between 2016 and 2020, which included both acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) case-based detection and the continued expansion of environmental surveillance (ES). Using updated estimates for unit costs, we explore the costs of different options for future poliovirus monitoring and surveillance for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Results

The relative value of the information provided by campaign quality monitoring and surveillance remains uncertain an

SUBMITTER: Kalkowska DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8291539 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature