Government of India | Largest financial contributor Purchased the vaccines Oversaw overall direction of polio programme Hired community health workers, district immunisation officers, accredited social health activists and auxiliary nurse midwives Decided what policies would be implemented
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The CORE Group | Alongside UNICEF, led the Social Mobilisation Network (SMNet), an infrastructure of community health workers who operated in each high risk community. SMNet’s work involved the community mapping of households, tracking immunisation of households and recruitment of local sources of authority to build vaccine credibility Contributed to the production of communication and media materials In addition to social mobilisation, CORE community mobilisers collected census data and recruited informants for surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)15
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UNICEF | Alongside the CORE Group, led the SMNet, an infrastructure of community health workers who operated in each high risk community in Uttar Pradesh SMNet’s work involved the community mapping of households, tracking immunisation of households, and recruitment of local sources of authority to build vaccine credibility Led the Underserved Strategy to overcome socioeconomic resistance
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Rotary International | Provided advocacy and mobilisation at religious, political and bureaucratic levels Assembled the Ulama Committee, consisting of Islamic scholars who helped address vaccine misinformation among some vaccine-hesitant Muslim groups Created general health camps
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Religious and academic organisations/institutions | Partners of the ‘Underserved Strategy’ to overcome socioeconomic and cultural resistance Examples: Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia, the Ulama Committee
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International donors | Provided financial support for India’s polio eradication programme Examples: US Agency for International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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