African Regional Strategic Plan for Immunization 2014-2020

This strategic document addresses the challenges countries in the WHO African Region and their partners need to overcome to provide universal access to immunization for all eligible populations by 2020. It builds on lessons learned during 2009–2013 when the Global Immunization Vision and Strategy (GIVS) served as the framework for global and regional responses to address immunization gaps. It is a call for an unprecedented coalition of minds and means to ensure that every child born in the African Region has the chance to be protected against deadly diseases for which safe and effective vaccines exist or will be brought to the market between 2014 and 2020, bearing in mind that sustainable access to immunization requires strong and durable linkages to primary health care. The strategy also covers other population groups that require immunization.