During this fourth session, we hear directly from Malawi and Sierra Leone on their experiences of developing their One Plan One Budget for their COVID-19 vaccination programme. The counties share their best practices and lessons learned while...

During this fourth session, we hear directly from Malawi and Sierra Leone on their experiences of developing their One Plan One Budget for their COVID-19 vaccination programme. The counties share their best practices and lessons learned while...

Sierra Leone: A randomized controlled trial of last-mile delivery of vaccines in remote areas

Sierra Leone: Vaccine Stock Performance, iSC challenges, mitigation and responsive VMS actions

Since COVID-19 in the pediatric population is infrequently severe, the indirect costs of the pandemic, related to the measures implemented to deal with the spread of the virus, can be worse than the infection itself. To assess this issue, we...

Quantitative and qualitative assessments have revealed diverse factors that influence the uptake of childhood immunisation services and shed light on reasons for vaccination delays and refusals. UNICEF and partner organisations developed the...

In March, 2016, a flare-up of Ebola virus disease was reported in Guinea, and in response ring vaccination with the unlicensed rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine was introduced under expanded access, the first time that an Ebola vaccine has been used in an outbreak...

The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic plan outlines the phased removal of oral polio vaccines (OPVs), starting with type 2 poliovirus–containing vaccine and introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in routine immunization to mitigate...

Global measures to eradicate polio began in 1988; as of 2014, four of six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have been certified polio-free. Within the two endemic regions (African and Eastern Mediterranean), Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan...