Authors: Eka Paatashvili and Vladimer Getia As countries transition from Gavi support, sustaining access to affordable and high-quality vaccines is one of many challenges they face. Fully self-financing countries need to maintain their immunization programs while also committing increased funds for new vaccine introductions. Vaccine price and quality are key factors in the decision to … Continued
Focus Area: Maintaining political will and commitment during transition
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Measles Outbreaks in an Interconnected World
Orin Levine, Director of Vaccine Delivery at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shared why he believes in vaccination in an early interview with The Optimist. He recently wrote a new piece for CBS on how resurgent measles outbreaks are underscoring the importance of vaccines. Please find an excerpt below, which originally appeared in February’s … Continued
UNICEF Immunization Financing in MENA Middle-Income Countries
Most Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries have high immunization coverage rates. But immunization coverage has dropped considerably in some (including Iraq, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen), due to the conflicts, instability and the prevailing geopolitical situation in the region. Approximately 1.3 million surviving infants in MENA missed their third dose of DTP … Continued
Updated Template for Key Messages on ‘Why Investing in Immunization is a Priority’
New data on the equity impact of lives saved and medical impoverishment averted from immunization has been included in the template of key messages. Get the updated slidedeck template here, and access the original article here.
WHO Immunization Advocacy Resource Library
World Health Organization’s (WHO) Immunization advocacy library contains useful resources, information, and factsheets related to messaging on immunization and data on vaccination that can help immunization program managers and other stakeholders advocate for prioritization of immunization in political agendas and public health budgets.
Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) 2011-2020
The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) is a framework approved by the World Health Assembly in May 2012 to achieve the Decade of Vaccines vision by delivering universal access to immunization. The mission outlined in the GVAP is straightforward: improve health by extending by 2020 and beyond the full benefits of immunization to all people, … Continued
Value of Immunization Compendium of Evidence (VoICE) Tool
VoICE is a browsable, queryable online database intended to capture the many ways in which immunization can be valued, and the evidence supporting this more comprehensive view of the value of vaccination. The information contained in the compendium has been drawn from peer-reviewed literature, expert commentaries and other high quality sources and synthesized with policy-focused … Continued
Vaccination and Trust Library – Resources to Make the Case for Immunization Programs
WHO’s Vaccination and Trust Library contains advice, articles, and facts on building trust in vaccines and immunization programs with different parties. The documents and factsheets provide practical guidance on topics ranging from crisis communications, working with journalists, stakeholder management, how to respond to concerns and myths about vaccinations, and much more.
PATH, IVAC, and Gavi Resources to Assist in Advocacy for Immunization
This website has been designed to provide self-guided tools, resources, and information about advocacy and communications for immunization and vaccines. It can be used by those new to advocacy, as well as more experienced advocates. Each self-guided module includes a toolbox with downloadable worksheets, documents and resources related to advocacy and communications, as well as … Continued
Return on Investment from Immunization
Sachiko Ozawa, Samantha Clark, Allison Portnoy, Simrun Grewal, Logan Brenzel, and Damian G. Walker An important research article was published in Health Affairs in February 2016, quantifying the “return on investment” from investments in immunization. The analysis covered 94 low and middle income countries, including all 73 Gavi countries. It uses projected coverage rates for … Continued