Life Course and Integration

Stephanie Shendale

The Immunization Agenda 2030 aims to ensure that all people benefit from recommended immunizations throughout the life course, integrated with essential health services. Although there has been progress in many countries to expand immunization services beyond early childhood and ensure immunizations are integrated with other health interventions, there is still much work needed to roll out and strengthen vaccination platforms for older age groups and priority populations, and maximize the benefits of integration.

A life course approach to vaccination promotes the importance of immunization as strategy to prevent disease and maximize health over an individual’s entire lifespan. These individual benefits accumulate to produce healthier and more economically productive societies.

WHO recommendations for achieving an integrated life course approach to vaccination

Life Course and Integration Webinar Series

This webinar series, organized by the IA2030 SP4 Working Group for Life Course and Integration, showcases examples from immunization programmes that are successfully working toward an integrated life course approach to vaccination.

The series will run throughout 2023 on a monthly basis and cover broad topics including school vaccination platforms, opportunities for adult vaccination, integrated health campaigns, integrating nutrition and immunization services… and more! 

Webinars are delivered in English, with simultaneous French translation.

Register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X_sijsDRQ5mp9UgcvqLicw

Life Course and Integration Webinars

Session 1: An Overview of the Integrated Life Course Approach To Vaccination, 22 February 2023

Recordings:

Presentation:  https://www.technet-21.org/en/component/resources/main/16742-an-overview-of-the-life-course-integration-approach-to-immunization?Itemid=1758

Session 2: Health worker vaccination programmes; opportunities beyond Covid-19, 8 March 2023

Recordings:

-Presentation: https://www.technet-21.org/en/component/resources/main/16757-health-worker-vaccination-programmes-opportunities-beyond-covid-19?Itemid=1758

Session 3: Catch-up vaccination – an ongoing safety net to reduce immunity gaps across the life course, 29 March 2023

Recordings:

Presentation: Catch-up vaccination – an ongoing safety net to reduce immunity gaps across the life course

Session 4: Opportunities for integrating COVID-19 vaccine with essential immunization services within primary health care, 19 April 2023

Recordings:

Presentation: Opportunities for integrating COVID-19 vaccine with essential immunization services within primary health care

Session 5: School platforms for vaccination status checks and catch-up opportunities, 10 May 2023

Recordings:

Presentation: School platforms for vaccination status checks & catch-up opportunities  

Life Course and Integration Resources

TitreAuteurAnnéeTypeLangue
Considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and primary health care for 2022 and beyondWorld Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF2023GuidanceAnglais
Establishing and strengthening immunization in the second year of life (2YL) - resource pageWorld Health Organization (WHO)RepositoryAnglais, Français
Establishing and strengthening immunization in the second year of life: Practices for immunization beyond infancyWorld Health Organization (WHO)GuidanceAnglais, Français, Portuguais
Immunization Agenda 2030: A Global Strategy to Leave No One BehindIA2030 PartnershipGuidanceArabe, Chinois, Anglais, Français, Russe, Espagnol
Intervention guidebook for implementing and monitoring activities to reduce Missed Opportunities for VaccinationWorld Health Organization (WHO)2019GuidanceAnglais, Français
Leave No One Behind: Guidance for planning and implementing catch-up vaccinationWorld Health Organization (WHO)2020GuidanceAnglais, Français, Portuguais
Options for linking health interventions for adolescents with HPV vaccinationWorld Health Organization (WHO)2014GuidanceAnglais, Français, Russe, Espagnol
WHO recommendations for routine immunization - summary tablesWorld Health Organization (WHO)RepositoryAnglais
Working together: An integration resource guide for planning and strengthening immunization services throughout the life courseWorld Health Organization (WHO)2018Case studyAnglais, Français
Working Together: An integration resource guide for services throughout the life courseWorld Health Organization (WHO)2018GuidanceAnglais, Français