Prediction Model with Validation for Polioseronegativity in Malnourished Children from Poliomyelitis Transmission High-Risk Area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Guillaume Ngoie MwambaMichel Kabamba NzajiNicole A HoffPatrick K MukadiKamy Kaminye MuseneSue K GerberMegan HalbrookCyrus SinaiTrevon FullerArie VoormanPaul Makan MawawOscar Luboya NumbiEmile Okitolonda WemakoyPatricia N MechaelJean Jacques Muyembe TamfumMala Ali MapatanoAnne W RimoinPaul-Samson Lusamba DikassaPublished in: Pragmatic and observational research (2023)
This study proposed the first tool which variables are easy to collect by any health worker in charge of vaccination or in charge of nutrition. It will bring on top, the collaboration between the Immunization and the Nutritional programs in DRC integration policy, and its replicability in other low- and middle-income countries with endemic poliovirus.