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April 2023 | Issue 06

Mali: Vaccinating on the Borderlands

With a population of just over 20 000, Ménaka is the largest outpost in the Malian southeast frontier with Niger.

Regional security is volatile and violence is present: armed groups attack and constrict routes between Ménaka and its nearest neighbouring localities, Anderamboukane and Ansongo.

As a result, people are displaced and on the move from the Ader Douchi hills to what is the nearest town with services, Ménaka. They need safety and shelter—but they also need vaccines. In December 2022 Ménaka and its surroundings were included in a Malian vaccination campaign against COVID-19. The vaccines are to be sent in by plane for delivery 1500 kilometres away.

The journey starts in the capital, Bamako. Read the photo story.

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Situation Report

This report covers the months of February and March 2023.

In this edition:

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Stories

Boosting vaccinations among African populations suffering humanitarian crises

The health systems in 16 African countries get more resilient to epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases, and their national immunization programmes stronger with support from the European Union. WHO implements a project for boosting COVID-19 vaccinations in vulnerable communities. The partnership is bringing results across Africa, as at-risk populations receive life-saving vaccines thanks to the hard work of community mobilizers, health staff and WHO teams. Read more

DRC: Ted Chaiban explique à la presse Congolaise le cadre de sa visite à Kinshasa

Mali: "Until they're all vaccinated, I'm not giving myself peace."

Mozambique: Teenagers in Mozambique Participate in Countrywide COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

India: COVID-19 vaccination is rising in many vulnerable African communities

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe National COVID-19 Response Documentary Trailer

Africa: Compendium of human Interest stories This compendium provides a glimpse of how the sustained efforts of the GAVI-UNICEF partnership have touched the lives of many – across states, communities, and cultures

Sierra Leone: Protecting Girls in Sierra Leone from COVID-19 and Cervical Cancer Through Joint Vaccination Events

Mozambique: Teenagers in Mozambique Participate in Countrywide COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

Sierra Leone: Protecting Girls in Sierra Leone from COVID-19 and Cervical Cancer Through Joint Vaccination Events

Global partners announce a new effort – “The Big Catch-up” – to vaccinate millions of children and restore immunization progress lost during the pandemic

The State of the World’s Children 2023

#BuildBackImmunity A global campaign to reach children who have missed out on vaccines

Resources, Reports and Technical Guidance

NEW: SAGE updates COVID-19 vaccination guidance

Following its 20-23 March meeting, WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) revised the roadmap for prioritizing the use of COVID-19 vaccines, to reflect the impact of Omicron and high population-level immunity due to infection and vaccination.

WHO SAGE Roadmap for prioritizing uses of COVID-19 vaccines

Good practice statement on the use of variant-containing COVID-19 vaccines

Considerations to inform country COVID-19 vaccine decision-making

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Information Hub

COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Analysis & Insights Report archives

Management and safe disposal of COVID-19 vaccination waste at health facility level

WHO/UNICEF guidance document on programmatic considerations for C-19 integration into PHC

Improving Immunization Coverage and Equity Technical Resources Contains resources on improving coverage and equity of immunization services. Intended users of the collection include managers of national immunization programs and EPI & PHC technical advisers and partners. There are three browsing options: by topic, by question or by the IRMMA Framework for Zero-Dose.

Immunization Decision-Making Resource Catalogue Contains resources to support vaccine decision-making. Intended users include country-level decision-makers at all levels in the health sector, international partner organizations, and other policy making and coordination bodies. The catalogue is organized by different criteria used in decision-making. Moreover, overview of decision-support tools is included that can help structure a transparent and evidence-based decision-making process.

All COVID-19 vaccine delivery resources

COVID-19 vaccines

Global Compendium of country knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination

Tools and guidance on vaccine confidence and uptake

All WHO COVID-19 vaccine resources: toolkit

All WHO COVID-19 technical guidance AR EN ES FR RU ZH

Coming up

Global Stocktake of COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery

A global stocktake is being convened to reflect on achievements of COVID-19 delivery in concerted support countries, identify lessons learned and good practices, develop critical actionable recommendations for integration into primary health care and where possible support recovery of essential immunization.

The meeting is scheduled to take place on 2-3 May 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It will be co-hosted by the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health and jointly convened with CoVDP, WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and other Stakeholders. Read more

Learning Collective Initiative in Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership

This initiative series aims to collect and share key learnings, best practices and challenges in planning and implementing COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Slides and recordings from past sessions as well as registration links for future sessions are available here. For more information on the topic of integration, see: Country experiences to date on integrating C-19 vaccination

Call for Abstracts

The 17th TechNet Conference will take place in Panama City, Panama in the Region of the Americas (PAHO). The conference will begin on Monday, October 16, 2023 and finish on Thursday, October 19, 2023. More information.

Submit your ideas for a presentation or poster that will be featured at the conference here.

The Vaccination Acceptance Research Network 2023 Conference

The Sabin Vaccine Institute and UNICEF, In Partnership With Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance present the Vaccination Acceptance Research Network (Varn) 2023 Conference

The COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Transition

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccine delivery sees us transitioning to a new approach. This will ensure our efforts will create long-lasting benefits that will be seen beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine equity - for all vaccines - is one of the great responsibilities of our lifetime. The work towards closing this gap continues.

Read more about the transition of the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership:
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