Evaluation of the Functionality and Effectiveness of the CORE Group Polio Project's Community-Based Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System in South Sudan.

This article describes the functionality and effectiveness of a community-based acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system designed and implemented by the CORE Group Polio Project (CGPP) in conflict-affected and inaccessible areas of South Sudan between October 2015 and September 2017. The findings are based on interviews with key informants and focus group discussions as well as data from the CGPP and the management information system of the WHO. Through the implementing partners, the CGPP identified and built the capacity of the community-based surveillance (CBS) system, a system consisting of county supervisors, payam (sub-county) assistants, and community key informants.