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Sierra Leone: the Last Mile of COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery
The photos in this photo story, shot near the end of 2022 among isolated villages and dense forest in the northern district of the Sierra Leone, illustrate essential scenes in what is an extraordinary collective effort to reach high-priority groups with COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Progress
The COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership’s collective efforts to increase vaccination rates in the countries facing the greatest challenges are paying off. Here are some of the key achievements. COVID-19 vaccine delivery wouldn’t be possible without the funding from donors & the commitment of govts & frontline workers - who make it all happen.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Situation Report
This report covers the months of December 2022 and January 2023
In this edition:
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A Joint Convening on COVID-19 Vaccinations in Humanitarian settings and the contribution to broader pandemic preparedness, was held 14-15 February in Nairobi, Kenya. This event brought together stakeholders to critically review the current global situation of COVID-19 vaccine delivery in humanitarian settings, identify lessons learned, share good practices and develop actionable solutions for immediate implementation as well as to inform future pandemic planning and response. The meeting focused on the following themes:
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Leveraging humanitarian actors and the humanitarian architecture for pandemic responses
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Upstream supply, regulatory and legal considerations impacting implementation in humanitarian settings
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Health Systems Strengthening and Pandemic Preparedness and Response in humanitarian settings
#WeMustFindAWay to ensure delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to areas struck by humanitarian crises. A key document on how to eliminate barriers that leave hard-to-reach populations without vaccination coverage will be released in March.
Resources for social media.
ICYMI
In case you missed it: In February the Vaccination Demand Hub - a global interagency collaboration of immunization partners working in the field of vaccine acceptance and demand, organized a meeting of partners to discuss new priorities, plans and key issues related to vaccine demand. The meeting in Nairobi brought together 80 participants from 11 countries from the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR) and Western and Central Africa (WCAR) regions: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Kenya (host). Read more.
COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Stories
In Niger, COVID-19 vaccination is reaching people where they are. Watch video:
Encouraging COVID-19 vaccination and boosting routine immunization in Nigeria
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives and livelihoods of communities across Nigeria. But communities are now better protected thanks to EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid’s support to the government in rolling out vaccines, with the help of dedicated partners and health workers like Fatima.
Resources, Reports and Technical Guidance
All COVID-19 vaccine delivery resources
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Given the changing monitoring landscape, it is essential that engaged parties a) take stock of recent developments, b) align on the way forward on both COVID-19 vaccination monitoring and related system strengthening, and c) plan phase-over to and enhancement of existing processes. To accomplish this, the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside its partners Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP), is organizing a global technical convening on COVID-19 vaccination monitoring and related system strengthening. Read more.
Geo-Enabled Microplanning Handbook Webinar Launch
The WHO/UNICEF COVAX GIS working group is pleased to announce the launch of version 1 of the Geo-Enabled Microplanning Handbook. Please join an official webinar launch on Thursday, 9 March from 2-3:30pm CET.
Please save-the-date and join us at this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85040160383
The Geo-enabled Microplanning Handbook is a global effort facilitated by the WHO/UNICEF GIS Working Group which provides a step-by-step process for country implementers to plan, cost, implement, and sustain geo-enabled microplans for health service delivery.
Learn more and access the Handbook here: https://www.covid19giswg.net/geo-enabled-microplanning.
3rd International Community Health Worker Symposium, Monrovia, Liberia (20-24 March 2023)
THEME: “Advancing Community Health Worker Programs to build resilient and equitable health systems that accelerate Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage” Read more
Learning Collective Initiative in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
This initiative series aims to collect and share key learnings, best practices and challenges in planning and implementing COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Slides and recordings from past sessions as well as registration links for future sessions are available here. For more information on the topic of integration, see: Country experiences to date on integrating C-19 vaccination
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