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Planning and implementing a targeted polio vaccination campaign for Somali mobile populations in Northeastern Kenya based on migration and settlement patterns

Bonnie Harveya Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Warren Dalalb International Organization for Migration, Geneva, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Farah Aminb International Organization for Migration, Geneva, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Elvira McIntyrec Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences (DTHHS), Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Sarah Wardd Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Rebecca D. Merrilld Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Abdinoor Mohamede Task Force for Global Health, Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Christopher H. Hsua Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USAView further author information
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Pages 817-832 | Received 21 May 2020, Accepted 13 Oct 2020, Published online: 30 Oct 2020

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