Conflict, community, and collaboration: shared implementation barriers and strategies in two polio endemic countries

Table 3 Types of barriers identified in GPEI program implementation in Afghanistan and Nigeria

Type of barriers	Number (percent) of total barriers identified
Type of barriers	Afghanistan (n = 513 respondents)	Nigeria (n = 921 respondents)
External Setting	550 (.690)	984 (.383)
Process of Implementation	101 (.127)	516 (.201)
Individual	68 (.085)	449 (.175)
Organizational	39 (.049)	330 (.128)
GPEI Program Design	39 (.049)	291 (.113)
Total Barriers Identified	797	2570

Abbreviations: GPEI Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Individual = Characteristics of individuals of those associated with the organization involved in polio eradication activities
Organizational = Organizational settings and factors related to your organization supporting the polio eradication program
GPEI Program Design = Polio eradication program characteristics and the activity (ies) used towards eradication polio
Process of Implementation = Process of conducting the activities ie.g. how the activity was implemented, including the planning, execution strategies, reflection and evaluation of activities or adjustmenets made ot the plan
External setting = political, economic, social, technological or environmental settings in which the program operated

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