COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction: Building Global Capacity

Santosh Gurung

The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream, Project ECHO, Boost, TechNet-21, and the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project are organising a series of video-conference-based capacity building webinars. This series facilitates the sharing of guidance, tools, and other resources to support effective introduction and administration of COVID-19 vaccines on a global scale. Sessions have been designed for two key audiences: national, regional, and global stakeholders preparing for COVID-19 vaccine introduction; and health workers delivering safe administration of COVID-19 vaccine.

This page provides a list of resources for each webinar in the series:

Additional webinar resources can be found on the Project ECHO website.

For national, regional, and global stakeholders

Links to recordings, presentation slides, and consolidated participant question and answer (Q&A) documents are available for the following webinars:

  • Webinar #01: National Deployment and Vaccination Plan: preparation, submission, and review process
  • Webinar #03: Indemnification & Liability
  • Webinar #05: Regulatory and procurement aspects for Covid-19 vaccines
  • Webinar #07: Generating acceptance and demand for COVID-19 vaccines/ supporting community led activities and reaching key influencers 
  • Webinar #09: Vaccination strategies for COVID-19 vaccination
  • Webinar #11: Mobilizing financing resources for scale up of COVID-19 vaccination
  • Webinar #12: Microplanning and Supportive Supervision
  • Webinar #13: Private Sector Engagement
  • Webinar #14: Monitoring and Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction
  • Webinar #15: Adaptive leadership for COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction

Webinar #01: National Deployment and Vaccination Plan: preparation, submission, and review process

This session is intended to provide national and sub-national focal points in countries with an overview of the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan (NDVP) preparation, submission, and review process.

Presenters

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #03: Indemnification & Liability

This session is intended to provide key information and updates on COVID-19 vaccine indemnification and liability through the COVAX Facility. It explained the process for countries to prepare for indemnification and liability for COVID-19 vaccines, described the process for countries to be access the No Fault Compensation Mechanism, and outlined how countries can access support as they develop their national legislation. 

Presenters

  • Anthony Brown, Gavi 
  • Rafael La Rotta, WHO 
  • Dick Wilder, CEPI 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #05: Regulatory and procurement aspects for Covid-19 vaccines

This session is intended to provide key information on regulatory and procurement aspects for Covid-19 vaccines. 

Presenters

  • Alireza Khadem
  • John Fitzsimmons
  • Dorcas Noertoft

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #07: Generating acceptance and demand for COVID-19 vaccines/ supporting community led activities and reaching key influencers

Presenters

  • Deepa Risal Pokharel 
  • Lisa Menning 
  • Tamar Zalk 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

There is no Q&A document available for this session, as all the questions have been answered live during the session.

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Webinar #09: Vaccination strategies for COVID-19 vaccination

Presenters

  • Joachim Hombach, WHO
  • Roy Mayega, UNITAG
  • Titilope Oduyebo, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Eba Pasha, Global Health Cluster
  • Alejandro Costa, WHO

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #11: Mobilizing financing resources for scale up of COVID-19 vaccination 

Presenters

  • Nathalie Vande Maele, WHO 
  • Angela Shen, WHO 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document.

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Webinar #12: Microplanning and Supportive Supervision

Presenters

  • Diana Chang Blanc, WHO 
  • Messeret Shibeshi, WHO
  • Fred Osei-Sarpong, WHO

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document.

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Webinar #13: Private sector engagement

Presenters

  • David Clarke
  • Abdul Rahman Bizri
  • Lesley Bamford

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #14: Monitoring and evaluating COVID-19 vaccine introduction

Presenters

  • Jan Grevendonk, WHO
  • Damaris Rodriguez Franco Sonder Design Collective
  • Jenny Walldorf, WHO

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #15: Adaptive leadership for COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction

Presenters

  • Boost Team
  • Eric Martin
  • Nqobizitha Ndlovu

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

There is no Q&A document available for this session, as all the questions have been answered live during the session.

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For health workers

Links to recordings, presentation slides, and consolidated participant question and answer (Q&A) documents are available for the following webinars:

  • Webinar #02: Health workers and interpersonal communications for COVID-19 vaccination
  • Webinar #04: Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 vaccine introduction
  • Webinar #06: Vaccine safety and efficacy
  • Webinar #08: Reporting on COVID-19 vaccines (monitoring and AEFI) 
  • Webinar #10: Supply and logistics 

Webinar #02: Health workers and interpersonal communications for COVID-19 vaccination

This session focused on interpersonal communications for COVID-19 vaccination. 

Presenters

  • Michelle Dynes, UNICEF 
  • Kate Bagshaw, JSI 
  • Melinda Frost, WHO 
  • Shoshanna Goldin, WHO 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #04: Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 vaccine introduction

This session is intended to focus on Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 vaccine introduction. 

Presenters

  • Prof. Benedetta Allegranzi, WHO 
  • Dr. Rima Moghnieh, Al-Zaharaa Hospital, Lebanon 
  • Prof. Shaheen Mehtar 
  • Dr. Paolo D'Ancona, Department of Communcable Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #06: Vaccine safety and efficacy 

Presenters

  • Madhav Balakrishnan 
  • Melanie Marti 
  • Alya Jaafar Dabbagh 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #08: Reporting on COVID-19 vaccines (monitoring and AEFI)

Presenters

  • Jan Grevendonk
  • Madhav Balakrishnan

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

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Webinar #10: Supply and logistics 

Presenters

  • Maricel Castro 
  • Adama Sawadogo 
  • Souleymane Kone 

Recording

Presentation

Questions and answers

The questions that could not be answered during the session have also been compiled into the following Q&A document. 

Any further questions?

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