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Mobilizing the Military Medical Services for COVID-19 Response: How Sri Lanka’s Joint Civil-Military Efforts Relieved Health Workers and Ensured Continuance of Routine Immunisation

June 10, 2022
Sri Lanka

Author: Christina Shaw Governments around the world have relied on an arsenal of strategies to combat the COVID-19 virus, while simultaneously trying to meet the demands of routine immunisation activities. One such strategy used in many regions to support national health systems was the deployment of emergency responders, military, and other security personnel. These groups … Continued

Overcoming Immunisation Workforce Challenges Due to COVID-19

March 23, 2022

This blog is also available in Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Author: Elizabeth Ohadi The Linked Immunisation Action Network hosted a podcast with health workforce experts to discuss the global health workforce challenges that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to hear how countries across the world have been addressing these … Continued

National Immunization Registers – Recent Experiences in Supporting COVID-19 Vaccination and Integrating Adult and Child Vaccination Delivery

October 27, 2021

This blog is also available in Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian. Authors: Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Institute for Health Policy Why now? The COVID-19 pandemic, which will remain a significant challenge for all health systems in the years ahead, should encourage countries to take a serious look at adopting national electronic immunization registers (EIRs). Until now, EIRs, … Continued

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Azerbaijan Boosts its Vaccine Cold Chain System

February 15, 2023
Azerbaijan

This article originally appeared on the World Health Organization website. Below is an excerpt. An essential part of deploying any vaccine is making sure the vaccine vials can be kept at the necessary temperatures while stored at and transported between national and local storage or health-care facilities. To strengthen Azerbaijan’s national vaccine cold chain system, … Continued

Community health workers as vaccinators: A pathway to achieving global immunisation goals

October 26, 2022

This article originally appeared on Gavi’s VaccinesWork website. Below is an excerpt. The roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine has encountered issues with equitable access and vaccine hesitancy globally. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) these challenges are compounded by severe health worker shortages that further hinder achieving the WHO COVID-19 vaccination targets. However, in … Continued

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