To Develop, Implement and Evaluate the Polio Demonstration Project Comprising of a Community Based Intervention Package for Polio Eradication in Pakistan

Summary

The objective of the projects is to Develop and implement a Package of interventions that will comprise of an augmented communication and counseling strategy coupled with private sector involvement and a combined Oral Polio Vaccine and Inject able Polio Vaccine approach during the Polio campaigns followed by the evaluation of this project for acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention Package.

Conditions

• Polio
• Polio Sero Conversion
• Polio Sero Prevalence
• Immunization Coverage

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Community mobilization

BIOLOGICAL

Combined Oral Polio Vaccine and Inject able Polio Vaccine during SIA

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pakistan Ministry of Health

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Trust for Vaccines and Immunization, Pakistan

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institutes of Health, Pakistan

  collaborator OTHER

• Peshawar Medical College

  collaborator OTHER

• World Health Organization

  collaborator OTHER

• UNICEF

  collaborator OTHER

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Aga Khan University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD · Aga Khan University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

1 Month

Max Age

5 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-07-31

Primary Completion

2017-07-31

Completion

2021-12-31

Countries

• Pakistan

Study Locations