Hello Everyone,
I wanted to share a new op-ed, co-authored by Last Mile Health and VillageReach, that highlights how community health workers (CHWs) are driving meaningful improvements in vaccine access across Africa — especially for zero-dose and under-immunized children.
The piece, published on Gavi’s VaccinesWork blog, features examples from Liberia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and the DRC, showing how CHWs are expanding vaccine education, supporting demand generation, identifying zero‑dose children, and even contributing directly to the administration and uptake of new vaccines like the malaria vaccine.
You can read it here: https://bit.ly/4rClDGQ
CHWs are uniquely positioned to boost the reach of preventive healthcare – but to do that, they need more support.
I thought this perspective might be particularly relevant to this forum.
What are your experiences with invovling CHWs in immunization services? How do you see them typically being used? And do you see opportunities for them to do more with the right training and support?