The Journey to Vaccines for All

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The Journey to Vaccines for All

As COVID-19 disrupts routine immunization, JSI remains committed to helping countries build equitable and strong health systems.

Vaccines can prevent life-altering diseases, giving everyone a better chance to pursue full, healthy lives. As COVID-19 disrupts routine immunization, JSI remains committed to helping countries build equitable and strong health systems. In recognition of World Immunization Week, we highlight examples of our global work in immunization and demonstrate how #VaccinesWork for all.

A New COVID-19 Vaccine will be a Game-Changer. Then what?
The development of a COVID-19 vaccine is only the first step in protecting people. Supplying and delivering any new vaccine into a country—and to its people—involves complex processes that we must start planning now.
Immunization and Universal Health Coverage: A Lifesaving Combination
In this podcast, immunization experts Lora Shimp and Angela Shen join Katherine Bliss of the Center for Strategic & International Studies to discuss why immunization and universal health coverage is more important than ever.
Voices of Public Health: Leading National Vaccine Introduction with Adelaide Shearley
Immunization is one of Regional Immunization Technical Adviser, Adelaide Shearley’s passions. Listen to this podcast to learn about some of the challenges that immunization programs—including the recent human papillomavirus vaccine introduction in Zimbabwe—face in the field, and how they overcome them.
Data Triangulation: A New Tool for the Data Revolution in Ethiopia
With new technology and improved data analytics, there is an increasing emphasis on making evidence-based decisions in global health. In Ethiopia, JSI is assisting the immunization program to apply data triangulation to improve accuracy and make more informed decisions for practical solutions. 
What Makes Vulnerable Urban Populations Hard-to-Reach in Indonesian Cities?
JSI is helping to overcome low immunization coverage in urban areas of Indonesia by understanding factors that hinder access to and use of vaccination. In collaboration with the Centre for Health Research Universitas Indonesia, we conducted a diagnostic assessment of reasons for low coverage in Jakarta municipalities and prioritized potential interventions to meet the immunization needs of urban communities.
Reaching Unvaccinated Children: Lessons from the DRC
JSI conducted a rapid assessment of barriers to access and use of routine immunization among urban poor living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the Ministry of Health, JSI developed an action plan and implemented local solutions to strengthen and increase equitable access to routine immunization services. This work built on an earlier multi-country analysis of urban immunization.
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