WHO WE ARE
The CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP) is a multi-country, multi-partner initiative providing financial support and on-the-ground technical guidance and support to strengthen host country efforts to eradicate polio.
A U.S secretariat serves as a global partnership liaison and provides overall technical assistance and financial management in each country to maximize and harmonize resources and coordinate collaboration among partners. Several CORE Group member organizations come together to implement the CORE Group Secretariat model, a time-tested mechanism for increasing coordination and collaboration. Central to the model and to each CGPP country site is an in-country secretariat- a small team of neutral, technical advisors, independent from any one implementing partner. The Secretariat team facilitates communication, coordination, and transparent decision-making among all partners-unifying the community-level expertise of iNGOs and local NGOs with the international knowledge and strategies of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners.
SIX CORE OBJECTIVES
The goal of CGPP is contribute to polio eradication by increasing population immunity and enhancing surveillance for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP).
Build effective partnerships between CORE Group NGOs and international, national and local agencies involved in polio.
Support CORE Group NGOs and national and local NGOs efforts to strengthen the routine immunization systems to achieve polio eradication.
Support CORE Group NGOs and national and local NGOs involvement in national and regional planning and implementation of supplemental polio immunizations.
Support CORE Group NGOs and national and local NGOs efforts to strengthen AFP case detection and reporting (and case detection of other infectious diseases).
Support timely documentation and use of information to continuously improve the quality of polio eradication (and other related health) activities.
Support CORE Group NGOs and national and local NGOs participation in either national and/or regional certification activities.
US-Based Global Secretariat Staff
Frank Conlon, Director
Lee Losey, Deputy Director and Technical Lead
Dr. Kathy Stamidis, Technical Advisor, M&E
Lydia Bologna, Technical Advisor, Communications
Dr. Sarah Paige, Senior Advisor, GHSA
Elsa Berhane, Program Manager, Health, Program Quality and Impact
Judy Ross, Senior Finance Officer
Grace Buck, Senior Grant & Contract Officer
Support where it’s needed most.
Select a country below to find out more about our efforts and the real people on the front lines.
Graduated Countries
ANGOLA
BANGLADESH
NEPAL
The Global Health Security Agenda
The Global Health Security Agenda was launched in February 2014, in part, to advance a world safe and secure from infectious disease threats. In 2019, the CGPP program countries of Kenya and Ethiopia linked with the GHSA to strengthen outbreak and epidemic preparedness planning, detection, and response capabilities in communities deemed at heightened risk of infectious disease threats through a multi-sectoral approach that focuses on the training and support of community health workers, whole-of-society planning, outbreak response simulations, community-based surveillance, and social mobilization. As zoonotic diseases increase in frequency and severity, CGPP Kenya and Ethiopia will build on existing capacities in community-based disease surveillance to understand, recognize and respond to the top five priority diseases determined by each country.
Latest Resources
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Influencing Change – A CORE Group publication
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Civil Society Organization Platforms Contribute to National Immunization Programs
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Congressional Polio Reception
CORE Group Polio Project – Annual Report FY18
Strengthening CORE Group Polio Project Impact
CGPP India Publication in BMC Infectious Diseases
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CGPP Nigeria’s Country Experience
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Yes! It’s possible
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Community Mobilization Coordinators
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Strengthening Community Surveillance Through Local Healers
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Improving Community Health: A CGPP Model That Works
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An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
