Geneva, 31 July 2020 – A total of 92 low- and middle-income countries and economies will be able to access COVID-19 vaccines through Gavi’s COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), the Gavi Board agreed yesterday. The Board also agreed that the Gavi secretariat will host and administer the COVAX Facility, the umbrella mechanism to which 78 countries have already submitted written expressions of interest.
Bangladesh launched its COVID-19 vaccination program in February 2021 with the ambitious aim of reaching 80% of the population with two doses. The program used a phased approach, initially targeting priority groups, and expanding eligibility over time as supply ramped up. By June 2022, the country had achieved its goal—having delivered over 270 million COVID-19 … Read More
This newsletter is available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Happy new year! We hope everyone is feeling revitalized following the holiday season. The Linked Network Facilitation Team has been hard at work preparing a series of exciting learning engagements and innovative initiatives to continue strengthening national immunisation programmes and we can’t wait to share … Read More
Later this year, Linked will pilot a subnational peer-to-peer learning platform in Indonesia. The network’s approach for this subnational platform will be modeled by our global approach – engaging implementing partners such as WHO, UNICEF, and others to support the subnational government of Indonesia to adapt and implement learnings to achieve and sustain high and … Read More
