The Immunization Agenda 2030 aims to ensure that all people benefit from recommended immunizations throughout the life course, integrated with essential health services. Although there has been progress in many countries to expand immunization services beyond early childhood and ensure immunizations are integrated with other health interventions, there is still much work needed to roll out and strengthen vaccination platforms for older age groups and priority populations, and maximize the benefits of integration.
A life course approach to vaccination promotes the importance of immunization as strategy to prevent disease and maximize health over an individual’s entire lifespan. These individual benefits accumulate to produce healthier and more economically productive societies.
WHO recommendations for achieving an integrated life course approach to vaccination
Life Course and Integration Webinar Series
This webinar series, organized by the IA2030 SP4 Working Group for Life Course and Integration, showcases examples from immunization programmes that are successfully working toward an integrated life course approach to vaccination.
The series ran throughout 2023 on a monthly basis and covered broad topics including school vaccination platforms, opportunities for adult vaccination, integrated health campaigns, integrating nutrition and immunization services… and more!
Webinars were delivered in English, with simultaneous French translation.
Life Course and Integration Webinars
Session 1: An Overview of the Integrated Life Course Approach To Vaccination, 22 February 2023
Recordings:
- In English: https://youtu.be/g38rMT4pGfc
- En français : https://youtu.be/3SONXD0H3CM
Presentation: https://www.technet-21.org/en/resources/presentation/an-overview-of-the-life-course-and-integration-approach-to-immunization
Session 2: Health worker vaccination programmes; opportunities beyond Covid-19, 8 March 2023
Recordings:
- In English: https://youtu.be/20SFd9az0kk
- En français : https://youtu.be/HbTK_HrVh-s
Presentation: https://www.technet-21.org/en/resources/presentation/health-worker-vaccination-programmes-opportunities-beyond-covid-19
Session 3: Catch-up vaccination – an ongoing safety net to reduce immunity gaps across the life course, 29 March 2023
Recordings:
- In English: https://youtu.be/V6C8MUfO5yE
- En français : https://youtu.be/RdVqHeqUBA8
Session 4: Opportunities for integrating COVID-19 vaccine with essential immunization services within primary health care, 19 April 2023
Recordings:
- In English: https://youtu.be/KFU7qPG9TOg
- En français : https://youtu.be/Clbe2NmkdoI
Session 5: School platforms for vaccination status checks and catch-up opportunities, 10 May 2023
Recordings:
- In English: https://youtu.be/ouPwaNT1YI4
- En français : https://youtu.be/IC9w_3Fmd0s
Presentation: https://www.technet-21.org/en/resources/presentation/school-platforms-for-vaccination-status-checks-catch-up-opportunities