Social mobilization for cholera prevention & control in India: Building on the existing framework

Social mobilization is an important component of the delivery of vaccines and has to be carried out at different levels. It plays a very critical role in success of a campaign, as was shown by the Polio eradication program in India that was supported by SMNet, a platform created for the purpose. Lea...

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Published in:Vaccine 2020-02, Vol.38, p.A181-A183
Main Authors: Gupta, Sanjukta Sen, Gupta, Satish Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Cholera
Cholera - epidemiology
Cholera - prevention & control
Cholera prevention
Cholera Vaccines - administration & dosage
Civil society
Communication
Communications
Decision making
Disease
Disease prevention
Drinking water
Drug delivery systems
Empowerment
Epidemics
Existing framework
Haiti
Humans
Hygiene
Immunization
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
India - epidemiology
Natural disasters
Poliomyelitis
Population
Public health
Religion
Sanitation
Social mobilisation
Vaccines
Waterborne diseases
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Summary:Social mobilization is an important component of the delivery of vaccines and has to be carried out at different levels. It plays a very critical role in success of a campaign, as was shown by the Polio eradication program in India that was supported by SMNet, a platform created for the purpose. Learnings from this has been used for other vaccine deployments in India as well. In addition, there is a social mobilization effort for routine immunization. A guideline for social mobilization was created by UNICEF specifically for cholera vaccine use during Haiti epidemic in 2010. Since there is a need to develop a roadmap for cholera control in India, especially in the known hotspots, and after natural disasters, we suggest a possible strategy that could be built on the existing framework available in India.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.047