Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation activities within academic institutions in low-and middle-income countries

A Kalbarczyk, DC Rodriguez… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The barriers and facilitators of conducting knowledge translation (KT) activities are well-
established but less is known about the institutional forces that drive these barriers …

[HTML][HTML] What are the barriers and facilitators to polio vaccination and eradication programs? A systematic review

O Ezezika, M Mengistu, E Opoku… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Global efforts to eradicate polio by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative agency partners
and country-level stakeholders have led to the implementation of global polio vaccination …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of periodic intensification of routine immunization within an armed conflict setting and COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon in 2020

AA Njoh, Y Saidu, HB Bachir, ST Ndoula, E Mboke… - Conflict and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Cameroon's Southwest Region (SW) has been hit by an armed conflict
for over half a decade now, negatively affecting the region's routine immunization and …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from the polio eradication initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia: analysis of implementation barriers and strategies

W Deressa, P Kayembe, AH Neel, E Mafuta, A Seme… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Since its inception in 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has
partnered with 200 countries to vaccinate over 2.5 billion children against poliomyelitis. The …

30 years of polio campaigns in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria: the impacts of campaign design on vaccine hesitancy and health worker motivation

AH Neel, S Closser, C Villanueva, P Majumdar… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The debate over the impact of vertical programmes, including mass vaccination,
on health systems is long-standing and often polarised. Studies have assessed the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Factors Influencing Polio Vaccine Uptake in Ghana—Developing Meaningful Community Mobilization and Engagement Strategies in …

AL Lohiniva, A Nurzhynska, H Alhassan… - The American Journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This qualitative study explores how religious leaders in Ghana view polio and polio vaccine–
related knowledge and perceptions of the community members. It also examines the …

The effects of polio eradication efforts on health systems: a cross-country analysis using the Develop–Distort Dilemma

DC Rodriguez, AH Neel… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Vertical disease control programmes have enormous potential to benefit or weaken health
systems, and it is critical to understand how programmes' design and implementation impact …

Assessing community engagement in Nigeria polio eradication initiative: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

OO Akinyemi, A Adebayo, C Bassey, C Nwaiwu… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study employed the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
(CFIR) to assess factors that enhanced or impeded the implementation of community …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitators and barriers to community engagement in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative–A mixed methods study

P Agrawal, A Neel, AS Deresse, S Gerber… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Community engagement (CE) is an important component of public health research and
program implementation, especially in low-and middle-income countries. More recently, CE …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptions and beliefs of community gatekeepers about genomic risk information in African cleft research

AM Oladayo, O Odukoya, V Sule, I Molobe, T Busch… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background A fundamental ethical issue in African genomics research is how socio-cultural
factors impact perspectives, acceptance, and utility of genomic information, especially in …