This section contains country and/or partner case studies with salient examples on COVID-19 vaccination. These case studies may describe a national or sub-national intervention and should be able to describe tangible impact. The case studies are standardized in two different format options, as narrative and as a slide deck option. They are an opportunity for countries to showcase an intervention or innovation, with a higher level of detail compared to country presentations. Therefore, they could be more appropriate for a country in case they want to follow an example or intervention from another country. The case studies have been provided on a voluntary basis after an invitation to submit materials was done broadly.
In the same way as in the first topic section, the case studies are focusing on the same 6 critical topics. Case studies, not falling under these categories, can be found under “Other Topics”.
This is an evolving section, and our team is working with countries and partners in developing case studies from salient examples. As such, this section will be updated as we complete additional case studies.
Service Delivery
Innovations or experiences that focused on vaccine delivery approaches, including those implemented for reaching parts of the population that otherwise would have been unreached.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda’s Experience Scaling Real-time Monitoring Approaches Using Digital Solutions to Support COVID-19 Surveillance, COVID-19 Vaccination and Case Management | World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2022 | Case study | English, French |
| Pakistan - Enhancing covid-19 vaccination coverage among refugee populations | Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Pakistan | 2022 | Case study | English, French |
| Cambodia's experience of COVID-19 vaccination delivery with screening for non-communicable diseases | UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership | 2023 | Case study | English, French |
| MONGOLIA’S EXEMPLARY COVID-19 VACCINE ROLL-OUT WHILE SUSTAINING HIGH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE | Mongolia Ministry of Health | 2023 | Case study | English |
Supply Chain and Waste Management
Supply chain and waste management infrastructures were under enormous pressure to cope with the pandemic requirements. Countries needed to upgrade their systems and implement innovative approaches to be able to implement vaccination successfully.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal - Use of a non-burn approach to managing contaminated waste (sharps) generated from COVID-19 vaccination in the Kathmandu valley | World Health Organization (WHO), HECAF360 | 2023 | Case study | English, French |
| THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OPTIMIZING VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY CYCLES | Lao PDR Ministry of health | 2023 | Case study | English, French |
Human Resources and Training
Another aspect of the programmatic implementation that was under enormous pressure. Health staff needed to be prepared for the complexities of the response and also required frequent additional training and information as the knowledge base and practices evolved rapidly with time.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing Considerations for COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Sites | VillageReach | 2023 | Presentation | English |
| India - Dry run for Covid-19 Vaccination | Danish Ahmed | Presentation | English |
Vaccine Demand
Under growing vaccine hesitance and misinformation, demand generation, social listening and adaptation of strategies were critical to increase uptake of vaccine in all levels of society.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia’s covid-19 vaccination service delivery approach: using bottom-up demand generation to reach every eligible person | Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership | 2023 | Case study | English, French |
| Public Health and Social Measures for managing epidemics and epidemic risk | Eva Rehfuess | 2022 | Training | English, French |
Monitoring and Information systems
Country innovations or approaches for improved data monitoring, reporting to keep track of progress and priorities.
| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda - Tirer parti des infrastructures numériques existantes pour la riposte par la vaccination contre la COVID-19 | Rwanda Ministry of Health | 2022 | Case study | French, English |
| Ethiopia - Digital Health response to COVID-19 pandemic | Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2022 | Case study | English, French |
| India - Use of digital data solutions for the COVID-19 vaccination response | Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership | 2022 | Case study | English, French |
| Rwanda - Leveraging the existing digital infrastructure for the COVID-19 vaccination response | Rwanda Ministry of Health | 2022 | Case study | English, French |
Linkages and Integration with routine immunization
The pandemic and its response were very disruptive for other health interventions, including the countries’ routine immunization programmes. Countries developed solutions for alleviating these challenges, encompassing pandemic response activities with other health related interventions.
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Other partner case studies
For case studies from salient examples that do not fall in any of the above category.