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IPV Training Modules and Communication Documents

The following training modules and communication documents are available to support the countries of the Americas with introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and provide front-line health workers with skills needed to administer IPV and communicate with caregivers and communities about polio and IPV.

pdf  Module 1 - Introduction to the polio endgame rationale and IPV vaccine

pdf  Module 2 - Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) attributes and storage requirements

pdf  Module 3 - IPV schedule, eligibility and contraindications

pdf  Module 4 - IPV vaccine administration

pdf  Module 5 - Recording and monitoring administration of the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV)

pdf  Module 6 - Monitoring Events Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunization (ESAVIs)

pdf  Module 7 - Communicating with parents, caregivers and health personnel about IPV and multiple injections

The training modules and documents were developed by the communication sub-group of the Immunization Systems Management Group (IMG) for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and adapted by PAHO/WHO for the Region of the Americas.