Immunization Academy

In 2016, Bull City Learning – the team behind Immunization Academy – redeveloped the World Health Organization’s African Regional training course for mid-level immunization managers. The course was first developed in 2000 to address the skills needed for program staff to manage immunization programs at the national and sub-national level, but by 2016, an update was in order.

This October, the Pan African Medical Journal published a project evaluation of the MLM coursewritten by WHO’s Balcha Maresha, Carine Dochez and Richard Mihigo, in partnership with Bull City Learning’s Alice Bumgarner and Nathan Pienkowski. The evaluation outlines key lessons learned, the process of revising the course materials, and recommendations for future immunization program capacity building initiatives. 

Read “The World Health Organization African Regional training course for mid-level immunization managers-lessons and future directions” for more information on the MLM course’s redesigned content, pedological method, selection of trainees, and morein the Pan African Medical Journal.

Assess your immunization skills and knowledge using IA Score, Immunization Academy’s latest tool for health professionals. 

IA Score helps you quickly identify skills gaps with 11 tests that are aligned with the WHO’s EPI standards and global best practices. After completing each test, you will receive an individualized learning plan with links to video lessons to help you improve your immunization skills. You may take the tests as many times as you would like. 

Once you pass each test, you will earn a certificate that can be downloaded and shared with managers and peers.  

IA Score is part of the Immunization Academy suite of training tools, which includes IA Learn and IA Watch, the flagship video lesson website with over 88,000 users. Since 2017, Immunization Academy has created on-demandvideo tutorials to strengthen global EPI programs and has grown to provide self-paced courses, all based on WHO guidance.

Ensure that you meet global EPI standards by testing yourself today. Log in with your Immunization Academy username and password to get started.

Thank you,
Alice Bumgarner
Managing Director, Immunization Academy
[email protected]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to share some important news with the TechNet community.

Immunization Academy has launched its second online training tool created specifically for health workers and their managers. In addition to IA Watch, our video lesson platform, you may now use IA Learn to access free, self-paced courses and earn certifications.

IA Learn currently hosts three online courses, with additional courses to be added on a regular basis:

• Coaching and Mentoring
• Keeping Vaccines Safe in the Health Facility Cold Chain
• Monitoring Coverage Data at the Health Facility Level

This lesson platform allows you to enroll in courses, learn at your own pace and earn certifications for completion. Create an account today to get started, or log in using your existing IA Watch username and password.

As you may know, Immunization Academy launched in summer of 2017 to provide short, how-to video lessons for immunization professionals on topics such as cold chain, data monitoring, vaccine delivery, and more. The online video platform, now known as IA Watch, and its complementary learning tools, including IA Learn, now serve over 60 ,000 learners in 195 countries.

We will be adding more learning tools to Immunization Academy throughout the year, including an assessment tool for uncovering skill/knowledge gaps, and a manager’s tool for tracking the learning of others.

Thank you for your ongoing support,

Alice Bumgarner
Managing Director, Immunization Academy
[email protected]