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December 2022 | Issue 04

A responsibility of our lifetime

Vaccine Equity for COVID-19 vaccination is not just the final mile. It is the way to help make things right towards health equity. There are bottlenecks to resolve, supply chains to link up, and health workers to adequately resource. It is a responsibility of a lifetime.

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership Situation Report

This report covers the month of November 2022.

In this edition:

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery News and Stories

In Niger, community leaders fight rumours about COVID-19 vaccines

In his palace facing one of the main public squares of the city, Sani Touraki, representative of the Sultanate of Katsina, receives visitors in his courtyard. Like other community leaders in the Maradi region, he is approached by the health authorities before each COVID-19 vaccination campaign to help alleviate reluctance among the population.

En RDC, les populations déplacées internes du Tanganyika bénéficient de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 grâce au financement de l’Union européenne

Women at the forefront of Yemen's healthcare response to COVID-19

2022 was a wake-up call for global health. Let's turn the tide in 2023

Self-financing COVAX champions: Lebanon

CARE Iraq Leads COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigning

Door-to-door visits to boost vaccination rates

Resources, Reports and Technical Guidance

NEW: COVAX: Structure and Principles

This document outlines the working structure and guiding principles for collaboration of COVAX, the Vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A). The working structure of COVAX continues to adapt to emerging needs and the changing trajectory of the pandemic.

NEW: ACT-Accelerator Outcomes Report, 2020-22

This report provides information on cumulative achievements of the ACT-Accelerator partnership since the start of the pandemic to end September 2022, an account of the outcomes of the four Pillars’ work towards the milestones set out in the 2021-22 Strategic Plan, and incorporates the regular Q3 Update.

NEW: Update on the rollout of COVID-19 tools: a report from the ACT-A Tracking & Monitoring Task Force

This report is an outcome of the first meeting of the ACT-Accelerator Tracking and Monitoring Taskforce, held on 9th December 2022. This new taskforce – co-chaired by India and the United States – continues key elements of the work of the Facilitation Council and its working groups.

NEW: Country experiences with COVID-19 vaccination: Mainstreaming & integration with immunization programme services and PHC

Presentation with country examples of good practices and innovation to mainstream/integrate COVID-19 vaccination in the main critical areas of vaccination.

Considerations to inform country COVID-19 vaccine decision-making

This slide set summarizes WHO latest recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines and considerations for current and future COVID-19 vaccination. The objective is to help orient the Ministry of Health (MoH) and National Immunization Advisory Committee Group (NITAG) in their COVID-19 vaccine strategic decisions

WHO – UNICEF guidance: Considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and primary health care for 2022 and beyond

English | French | Spanish | Portuguese

All COVID-19 vaccine delivery resources

Global Compendium of country knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination

All WHO COVID-19 vaccine resources: toolkit

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

Conferences and trainings

NEW: "Empowering Health Workers to Build Public Trust in Vaccination: Experience from the International Pediatric Association’s Online Vaccine Trust Course, 2020–2021" has been published in the Vaccine Journal.

Call for abstracts Vaccine Acceptance Research Network Conference

UNICEF is partnering with Sabin to announce the second annual Vaccination Acceptance Research Network conference, VARN2023, will be held from June 13-15, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand.

This meeting will be an open, in-person event with facilitation of virtual presentations, as needed. Conference sessions will provide a space for exploration and facilitate the wide dissemination of a growing body of knowledge, practice, and evidence-informed strategies for driving action across the vaccination acceptance and demand ecosystem.

Submission Deadline: January 13, 2023 11:59pm EST.
You can apply in either English or in French.

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. The sessions cover a range of topics with the November session focusing on best practices to integrate Covid-19 vaccination into Primary Health Care and Essential Immunization. Two countries presented their experiences: Cambodia (integrating Covid-19 vaccination with hypertension and diabetes screening for adults) and Colombia (joint planning of Covid-19 vaccine as one more vaccine of the National Immunization Program for 2023).

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

Consultancy: Manager, Country Communications

An opportunity to work with the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery, Coordination and Integration team at Gavi. The team facilitates a country-driven approach to COVID-19 stakeholder engagement. Please apply if you are a strong project manager, relationship builder and communicator. More

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