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IMPROVE AND EXPAND COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ACTION AND LEARNING.

EMERGENCY RESPONSES (COVID-19):CORE GROUP UNDERTOOK SEVERAL ACTIVITES RELATED TO COVID-19 PREVENTION AND VACCINE HESITANCY IN UGANDA, KENYA AND NIGERIA, REALTED TO EDUCATION AND VACCINE DEMAND. WE ALSO ADDED MORE THAN 100 NEW RESOURCES FOR A CONSOLIDATED, ONLINE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND VACCINE RESOURCE LIBRARY AND ADAPTED A COVID-19 CONFIDENCE ANIMATION AND TRANSLATED IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES:CORE GROUP POLIO PROJECT (CGPP): THE CORE GROUP POLIO PROJECT (CGPP) IS A MULTI-COUNTRY, MULTI-PARTNER INITIATIVE PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ON-THE-GROUND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE TO STRENGTHEN HOST COUNTRY EFFORTS TO ERADICATE POLIO. THE CGPP WORKS TO IMPROVE VACCINE UPTAKE FOR POLIO (AND OTHER VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES SUCH AS MEASLES), CONDUCTS SURVEILLANCE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE THREATS, AND STRENGTHENS HEALTH SYSTEMS. THE CGPP OPERATES WITH 11 INTERNATIONAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (INGOS) AND 22 NATIONAL AND LOCAL NGOS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES: INDIA, ETHIOPIA, SOUTH SUDAN, NIGERIA, KENYA, SOMALIA, AND UGANDA. A U.S.-BASED VIRTUAL SECRETARIAT DEVELOPED BY CORE GROUP, SERVES AS A GLOBAL CGPP LIAISON, SUPPLYING OVERALL COORDINATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO MAXIMIZE AND HARMONIZE RESOURCES AMONG PARTNERS. CORE GROUP ALSO LEADS ADVOCACY AND SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS FOR CGPP AND REGULARLY UPDATES THE PROJECT'S WEBSITE WITH RECENT ACTIVITIES. GHSA: THE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA WAS LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2014 TO ADVANCE A WORLD SAFE AND SECURE FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE THREATS, TO BRING TOGETHER NATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO MAKE NEW, CONCRETE COMMITMENTS, AND TO ELEVATE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AS A NATIONAL LEADERS-LEVEL PRIORITY. IN 2019, THE CORE GROUP POLIO PROJECT PROGRAM COUNTRIES OF KENYA AND ETHIOPIA INTEGRATED NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY PRIORITIES TO STRENGTHEN COUNTRY CAPACITY TO PREVENT, DETECT AND RAPIDLY RESPOND TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND EPIDEMIC THREATS IN COMMUNITIES AT HEIGHTENED RISK. THROUGH A MULTI-SECTORAL, ONE HEALTH APPROACH, THE PROGRAM LEVERAGES EXISTING CAPACITIES THAT FOCUS ON THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, OUTBREAK RESPONSE PLANNING, COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEILLANCE, AND RISK COMMUNICATION TO PROMOTE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AS A LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY.

CORE MEMBER SERVICES:CORE GROUP PROVIDED MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, AND STUDENTS, AS WELL AS WORKING GROUPS AND INTEREST GROUPS, IN ORDER TO COLLABORATE TO END PREVENTABLE MATERNAL AND CHILD DEATHS, AND TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK OF OVER 15,000+ MEMBERS.