Outcomes of the Deployment of the Auto-Visual Acute Flaccid Paralysis Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) System for Strengthening Polio Surveillance in Africa From 2017 to 2018: Evaluation Study

Johnson Muluh Ticha   ^{1 *} , MPH, MD ;   Godwin Ubong Akpan   ^{1 *} , BEng, MSc, PhD ;   Lara MF Paige   ^{2 *} , BA ;   Kamel Senouci   ² , MD ;   Andrew Stein   ² , BSc, MPH ;   Patrick Briand   ³ , BSc ;   Jude Tuma   ⁴ , MPH, PhD ;   Daniel Rasheed Oyaole   ⁵ , BSc, MSc ;   Reuben Ngofa   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Sylvester Maleghemi   ⁶ , MSc, MD ;   Kebba Touray   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Abdullahi Ahmed Salihu   ⁵ , MPH, MD ;   Mamadou Diallo   ¹ , BSc ;   Sisay Gashu Tegegne   ⁵ , MPH, MD ;   Isah Mohammed Bello   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Umar Kabo Idris   ⁵ , BSc, MPH ;   Omosivie Maduka   ⁷ , MPH, MD ;   Casimir Manengu   ¹ , MPH, MD ;   Faisal Shuaib   ⁸ , MPH, MD, PhD ;   Michael Galway   ² , MSc ;   Pascal Mkanda   ¹ , MPH, MD

¹ World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo

² Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Novel-T Sarl, Geneva, Switzerland

⁴ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

⁵ World Health Organization, Abuja, Nigeria

⁶ World Health Organization South Sudan Office, Juba, SS

⁷ University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

⁸ National Primary Health Care Delivery Agency (NPHCDA), Abuja, Nigeria

*these authors contributed equally