Publications by authors named "Ismael Suleiman El Sheikh"

Background: During 2020 and immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sudan was experiencing multiple emergencies including violence, seasonal flooding, and vector-borne disease outbreaks. After more than ten years since its last case of wild poliovirus, Sudan declared a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreak on 9 August 2020.

Methods: cVDPV2 outbreak response data and programme documents of the Federal Ministry of Health and WHO were reviewed.

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