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Teach to Reach 11: Where Global Health Leaders ConvergeLearn more about Teach to Reach and request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachFollowing our electrifying first partnership meeting that drew over 730 organizational leaders from across the globe, we invite you to the second Teach to Reach 11 Partner Briefing.This isn’t just another virtual gathering – it’s a crucible of innovation in global health.At our last meeting, leaders from grassroots organizations to international agencies shared experience and challenges.Dr. Ornela Malembe revealed how Teach to Reach transformed her approach to women’s health in the DRC.Vincent Kamuasha demonstrated the power of cross-sector collaboration sparked by our platform.Read more about the Teach to Reach 11 Partnerships Launch https://redasadki.me/2024/10/18/ahead-of-teach-to-reach-11-organizational-leaders-share-experience-of-what-works-for-health/Now, we’re taking it further.Join us to:• Network with visionary health leaders through our new REACH initiative• Welcome and learn from new partners joining our diverse community• Shape the global health agenda by informing Teach to Reach QuestionsFollow these links to learn moreWhy participate in Teach to Reach?https://redasadki.me/2024/10/03/why-participate-in-teach-to-reach-11/How Teach to Reach can help your organizationhttps://redasadki.me/2024/10/07/how-teach-to-reach-can-help-your-organization/Why become a Teach to Reach Partner?https://redasadki.me/2024/10/07/why-become-a-teach-to-reach-partner/In each Partnership coordination meeting, we forge connections that could reshape health outcomes for millions.Whether you’re a returning partner or new to our community, your voice is crucial in this revolution in global health collaboration.Don’t just witness the transformation of global health – be part of it.Join us as we count down to Teach to Reach 11 and help write the next chapter in our collective journey to health equity.
The Geneva Learning Foundation's Teach to Reach initiative held its 10th session dedicated to sharing firsthand experiences with malaria. This live event built upon responses to Teach to Reach Questions sent to participants in the weeks leading up to the session, creating a rich repository of personal and professional insights into malaria's impact across various communities.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachThe session featured contributions from health workers, community leaders, and individuals affected by malaria. Participants from multiple countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, shared their stories and insights.Personal experiences highlighted the severe impact of malaria on individuals and families. Rashida Musa Mukaddas from Bochi, Nigeria, described ongoing challenges with treatment: "We suffer a lot of malaria. For over the few months ago, we have been suffering from malaria issues because we have been taking, I encourage my family to access care from the facility. And most of the drugs given were not being able to treat those kind of diseases unless we took a longer period before it was cured."Several participants shared heartbreaking stories of losing loved ones to malaria, particularly children and pregnant women. Lucy Pam Dangyang, a public health specialist from Nigeria, shared: "As a community health worker in a rural area in Nigeria, I've seen first-hand the devastating impact of malaria on individuals, families, and communities. Unfortunately, I have experienced the pain of losing children to malaria."The session also explored the wider socioeconomic impacts of malaria. Dr Mary Obi from Nigeria noted: "Hospital visits have become frequent, and medical expenses have added financial strain. Our children's education has also suffered, as they have missed school due to illness and recovery time."Participants discussed the challenges of malaria prevention, particularly the use of insecticide-treated bednets. While some reported success with bednet programs, many highlighted issues with acceptance and proper use. Kingsley Kofi Nignere from Ghana shared: "As a malaria advocator, I interviewed some of the community members as to why they are not using the insecticide-treated nets (bednet). Their responses were: (1) They are not able to breathe well in the bednet. (2) They are like how a dead body is kept in a coffin. (3) They feel burning sensations or itches when they sleep under the bed net."Treatment challenges were also a significant topic of discussion. Participants highlighted issues with drug availability, cost, and efficacy. Some reported growing concerns about drug resistance and the use of ineffective or counterfeit medications.The potential impact of climate change on malaria transmission was noted by several participants. Mustapha Ali Musine from Nigeria observed: "Due to the change in climate, the raining season last longer than before. As such there are breeding grounds for mosquitoes leading to increasing cases of malaria."The session concluded with a discussion on the introduction of malaria vaccines. While many participants expressed hope about the potential impact of vaccines, others cautioned about the need for comprehensive community engagement to address potential vaccine hesitancy.This inaugural malaria-focused session at Teach to Reach demonstrated the value of combining asynchronous experience sharing through targeted questions with live discussions. By tapping into the collective experiences of the group, the session created a multifaceted understanding of malaria challenges and interventions across various African contexts. It highlighted the complex interplay of factors affecting malaria control and the need for multifaceted, community-centered approaches to combat this persistent health threat.
Discover Teach to Reach: Transforming global health through peer learningJoin us for an exclusive briefing on Teach to Reach, an innovative peer learning platform revolutionizing how global health knowledge is shared and applied.This event is designed for organizations and individuals passionate about improving health outcomes worldwide.What is Teach to Reach?Teach to Reach is a unique digital space where frontline health workers, policymakers, and global health experts come together to share experiences, learn from each other, and collaboratively address pressing health challenges.It’s not just another conference - it’s a dynamic, ongoing community dedicated to turning knowledge into action.Follow these links to learn moreWhy participate in Teach to Reach?https://redasadki.me/2024/10/03/why-participate-in-teach-to-reach-11/How Teach to Reach can help your organizationhttps://redasadki.me/2024/10/07/how-teach-to-reach-can-help-your-organization/Why become a Teach to Reach Partner?https://redasadki.me/2024/10/07/why-become-a-teach-to-reach-partner/Why Attend This Briefing?1. Gain Unparalleled Insights: Learn how Teach to Reach connects over 21,000 health professionals from 70+ countries, bringing ground-level perspectives to global health dialogues.2. Explore Partnership Opportunities: Discover how your organization can engage with this diverse network, including 2,400+ local community-based organizations.3. See Real Impact: Hear concrete examples of how leading organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi have leveraged Teach to Reach to inform their strategies and improve health outcomes.4. Shape Future Health Initiatives: Understand how you can contribute to and benefit from discussions on critical issues like climate change’s impact on health, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, and women’s health.5. Enhance Your Research and Programs: Learn about innovative approaches to inclusive, participatory research and program implementation.Who Should Attend?• Global health organizations• Research institutions• Policymakers• Funders and donors• NGOs and community-based organizations• Anyone passionate about improving global health through collaborative learningJoin us to explore how Teach to Reach can complement and enhance your work, offering a unique bridge between global strategies and local realities.Together, we can create a more equitable and effective global health ecosystem.
This video is excerpted from the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub webinar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5rLXk7l898Learn more about knowledge translation for zero-dose immunization research: https://zdlh.gavi.org/resources/knowledge-translation-zero-dose-immunization-researchGavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub’s innovative model for inter-country peer learning and knowledge translationhttps://redasadki.me/2024/08/08/gavi-zero-dose-learning-hubs-innovative-model-for-inter-country-peer-learning-and-knowledge-translation/Recommendations to support knowledge translation of evidence to identify and reach zero-dose childrenhttps://redasadki.me/2024/08/08/recommendations-to-support-knowledge-translation-of-evidence-to-identify-and-reach-zero-dose-children/Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) explored an innovative approach to support knowledge translation of evidence grounded in the experiences and insights of local immunization and other health staff.Central to TGLF’s approach is the recognition of continuous learning as a critical factor in immunization program performance.Research involving over 10,000 immunization professionals identified ‘continuous learning’ as the weakest area in immunization’s learning culture: limited learning opportunities, low risk tolerance, and a focus on task completion rather than capacity building.These findings informed the development of a new model for knowledge sharing and application.The ZDLH-X (Zero-Dose Learning Hub Exchange) events form the core of this approach.In six months, these peer learning exchanges connected over 3,000 zero-dose practitioners across 100 countries.The model engages frontline staff at all levels of the health system, with 37% of participants working at the subnational level and 85% directly involved in zero-dose initiatives.TGLF’s approach emphasizes learning culture as a link between learning and performance in global health.By fostering continuous learning and adaptation among health workers, the model aims to build resilience and sustainability in addressing global health challenges, including zero-dose child identification.The ZDLH-X model incorporates elements of double-loop learning, encouraging practitioners to question not only their actions but also the underlying assumptions guiding those actions.This approach aims to help health workers adapt more effectively to complex, evolving challenges in immunization.Data from TGLF’s research indicates a relationship between strengthening immunization learning culture and enhancing both knowledge and mission performance.Post-event feedback from ZDLH-X participants included examples of new zero-dose strategies being implemented and adapted based on peer-shared ideas.The ZDLH-X model addresses complex problem-solving through several key components:1. Diverse perspective sharing: Connecting practitioners from various contexts enables cross-pollination of ideas.2. Mental model development: Presentations on local adaptations help participants develop new approaches to potential solutions.3. Metacognition promotion: Q&A sessions encourage critical thinking about current methods and attitudes.4. Affective factor management: Peer testimonials provide motivation through relatable experiences of overcoming barriers.5. Collaboration support: Group discussions facilitate collective examination of challenges specific to different communities.This approach aims to complement evidence-based practices by providing a framework for knowledge translation that addresses gaps in traditional capacity-building methods.The model focuses on continuous learning and peer exchange to tackle complex global health challenges.TGLF’s model offers practical recommendations for implementation, such as emphasizing participant experience, providing guidance for knowledge translation, and acknowledging connectivity challenges in frontline settings.These considerations reflect the realities faced by health workers in diverse field contexts.While further research is needed to directly link these learning interventions to immunization coverage outcomes, initial findings suggest potential in generating insights, fostering continuous learning cultures, and promoting adoption of new strategies for reaching zero-dose children.The ZDLH-X model presents a data-driven, scalable approach to addressing persistent challenges in global health.By leveraging collective knowledge and experience of frontline workers, this peer learning approach aims to complement existing technical assistance methods.Its emphasis on learning culture, double-loop learning, and the connection between learning and performance offers a perspective on tackling complex global health challenges that warrants further exploration and evaluation.
7 take-aways from #Nigeria’s first Immunization Collaborative peer learning exercise to make #VaccinesWorkOn August 6, 2024, the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative concluded its first peer learning exercise with a final Assembly.This groundbreaking initiative, a partnership between The Geneva Learning Foundation, Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and UNICEF, has already engaged over 4,400 health workers from all 36 States and more than 300 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across Nigeria.The Collaborative’s innovative approach focuses on empowering health workers to identify root causes of local immunization challenges and develop practical, context-specific solutions.As the initiative continues to grow, with new members joining daily, it could help shift how Nigeria approaches immunization capacity building and problem-solving.Following the final Assembly, Nigeria immunization specialist Jenny Sequeira and The Geneva Learning Foundation’s deputy director Charlotte Mbuh shared their reflections on the exercise.Here are 7 key takeaways from their discussion.
We invite you to join the General Assembly of the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative on Tuesday, 6 August 2024.This important meeting marks the end of our first peer learning exercise.Our partners include the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and UNICEF, together with a network of almost 200 local government agencies and civil society organizations.Over 3,400 health workers joined to help solve immunization problems in Nigeria.It brings together health workers from all 36 states and more than 300 Local Government Areas (LGAs).The Collaborative focuses on:1. Executing plans for The Big Catch Up2. Finding and reaching zero-dose children3. Figuring out how to strengthen routine immunization with existing resourcesThe Collaborative began its first peer learning exercise on 22 July 2024.The goal was for each participant to find root causes of local immunization challenges.At the Assembly:1. Leaders will present the root causes of immunization challenges they found2. They will share ideas to solve these challenges3. We will discuss next steps for our work togetherYou are welcome to join whether or not you took part in the peer learning exercise.Your voice is important.We want to hear from everyone who cares about the health of Nigeria's children and families.If you worked on a Root Cause Analysis (RCA), please bring it.If you did not do an RCA, you can still learn a lot from this meeting.This General Assembly is a chance for us all to:1. Learn from each other's experiences2. Share ideas for improving immunization in Nigeria3. Be part of planning our next stepsTogether, we can make immunization services better for every child in Nigeria.
It is our great pleasure to announce the official launch of the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, a partnership between the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), UNICEF, and The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF).Learn more & apply https://www.learning.foundation/nigeriaThis initiative brings together health workers from all 36 states and 239 LGAs in Nigeria to tackle local immunization challenges and drive progress towards the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).We cordially invite all registered participants, partners, and stakeholders to join us for this momentous occasion.During the launch, you will have the opportunity to:1. Learn about the vision, objectives, and structure of the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative2. Hear from health leaders from government, CSOs, and private sector about the importance of this initiative3. Ensure that you are fully ready to start the first peer learning exercise, which will start the next day.5. Get inspired and energized to begin this transformative journey of learning, collaboration, and impactFollowing the launch, the first peer learning exercise will commence on Tuesday, 23 July 2024. Participants will work together to identify the root causes of their immunization challenges, share insights and ideas, and develop actionable solutions to drive progress in their communities.We are thrilled to embark on this journey with such a dedicated and passionate group of health workers. Your commitment to strengthening routine immunization and improving the health of children and families in Nigeria is truly inspiring.
Today at 4 PM Abuja (WAT), join us to induct new members of the Immunization Collaborative.# Pre-Launch Briefing: Nigeria Immunization CollaborativeDear Nigerian Health Leader,You are invited to a crucial pre-launch briefing for the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, a groundbreaking initiative set to transform our nation’s immunization efforts. This briefing is your exclusive opportunity to gain insider knowledge before the official launch.The response to this initiative has been overwhelmingly positive, demonstrating the commitment of Nigeria’s health sector to improving immunization outcomes:- 192 partner organizations have joined the Collaborative- 2,711 health professionals have expressed interest in participating- All 36 States of Nigeria are represented- 239 Local Government Areas (LGAs) are involved so far (with more joining)This level of engagement spans across all levels of the health system, from local facilities to national agencies.If you are a health worker in Nigeria and you want to make sure every family is protected from diseases that can be prevented by vaccines, this is for you.It does not matter what your job is or where you work.What matters is that you want to make a difference for the children and families of Nigeria.## What you’ll miss if you don’t attend:- Exclusive preview of the Collaborative’s methodology and expected outcomes- Opportunity to influence the direction of this national initiative- Chance to align your local strategies with this coordinated, country-wide effort- Early access to information that can give your team a head startThis briefing is not just another meeting - it’s your opportunity to join fellow health leaders from 36 States and 172 LGAs.Your absence means a missed opportunity to shape the future of immunization in Nigeria.Don’t let this chance slip away. Your leadership is crucial in making this Collaborative a success.## What is this briefing about?This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the upcoming Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, a two-week intensive peer learning exercise designed to tackle our country’s immunization challenges. You’ll receive detailed information about:1. The structure and timeline of the upcoming exercise2. The innovative problem-solving techniques participants will learn3. How the Collaborative will drive real-world improvements in immunization coverage4. Your role in supporting and maximizing the impact of this national effort## Why is your attendance critical?As a health leader, your understanding and support are crucial for the success of this initiative. By attending, you will:1. Gain insights to effectively guide your team’s participation2. Learn how to leverage the Collaborative’s outcomes in your area of responsibility3. Position yourself at the forefront of this national drive to improve immunization4. Have the opportunity to shape the implementation of the Collaborative## BackgroundThe Nigeria Immunization Collaborative is a joint initiative by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), UNICEF, and The Geneva Learning Foundation. It aims to bring together health professionals from across Nigeria to develop practical, data-driven solutions to our immunization challenges.This pre-launch briefing is specifically for health leaders like you, who play a critical role in guiding and supporting health workers in their regions. The actual peer learning exercise, which this briefing will explain in detail, is set to begin on 22 July 2024 and will involve health workers from all levels of the Nigerian health system.Your participation in this briefing is the first step in ensuring the success of this country-wide initiative.
ABUJA (8 July 2024) –– The Geneva Learning Foundation announced today 486 health leaders inducted into the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative.The Geneva Learning Foundation, in partnership with Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and UNICEF, held a meeting today to announce new health leaders joining the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative.Watch the induction ceremony: https://youtu.be/1Us9csw_lFwLearn more and apply https://www.learning.foundation/nigeriaThe Collaborative is a peer learning initiative to support immunization professionals across Nigeria in ensuring every child receives needed vaccines.As of July 8th, the Collaborative's campaign has reached 56,195 health leaders across Nigeria, with 1,615 expressing interest in joining.73 Nigerian health leaders have contributed to disseminating information about the Collaborative to colleagues.Applications have been received from all 36 states and 171 local government areas.Today, health professionals from across Nigeria were announced and welcomed as the newest members of the Collaborative.The top challenges they aim to address include reaching zero-dose children and missed communities, addressing missed vaccinations in children and adults, and overcoming disruptions to routine immunization.Members of the Collaborative will support each other, accompanied by Guides on the side, to identify root causes and corrective actions for immunization challenges in their local areas.The Collaborative provides an opportunity for immunization professionals to learn from each other's experience across the country.With millions of children in Nigeria missing out on critical vaccinations each year, the Collaborative aims to empower and connect health workers on the front lines to ensure no child is left unprotected from vaccine-preventable diseases.New members will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis.
This is the livestream for the afternoon sessions in English of Teach to Reach 10 on 20 June 2024. #Vaccineswork #HumanlyPossible #EPIat50 #DigitalHealthWelcome back to the livestream of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking conference connecting over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.As we move into the afternoon sessions, we shift our focus to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), exploring neglected needs in women’s health, and showcasing digital innovations in health.In the first session, “EPI at 50,” we will honor the incredible achievements of this global initiative that has saved millions of lives since its inception in 1974.Immunization leaders from over 80 countries will share their greatest successes and toughest challenges over the past 50 years.We will also mark this milestone by launching the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, a partnership between the Geneva Learning Foundation, UNICEF, and Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), aimed at strengthening routine immunization in the country.Throughout this session, we will draw inspiration from the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), harnessing the collective energy of health workers worldwide to achieve our ambitious goals.By reflecting on EPI’s legacy and igniting new collaborations, we will chart a bold path forward for the next 50 years of immunization, driven by visionary leadership, innovative integration, and the unstoppable momentum of a global movement.We will explore strategies for integrating immunization with other primary care interventions, empowering communities to take control of their health, and advocating for policies that prioritize children’s and families’ well-being.We will showcase the transformative potential of digital health technologies.eHealth Africa, a leading organization in this field, will conduct a workshop demonstrating how their innovative tools are revolutionizing healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings.From mobile health apps to telemedicine platforms, these technologies are breaking down barriers to access, improving quality of care, and empowering health workers to provide better services to their communities.Throughout the afternoon, participants will have the opportunity to network with their peers from around the world, sharing experiences, challenges, and best practices.These connections are at the heart of Teach to Reach’s unique model, which recognizes that the most effective solutions often emerge from the collective wisdom of those on the frontlines.For those tuning in for the first time, Teach to Reach is more than just a conference - it’s a movement that amplifies the voices of frontline health workers and promotes locally-led action for global health.By fostering peer learning, cross-border collaboration, and leadership development, Teach to Reach is transforming the way we approach global health challenges.So join us for this inspiring afternoon of learning, celebration, and innovation.As we honor EPI’s legacy, advance women’s health, and embrace the power of digital technologies, we invite you to be part of this global movement for change.Together, we can build a healthier, more equitable world for all.
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachLearn more about climate change and health https://www.learning.foundation/climateJoin us for this plenary session at Teach to Reach 10, where health professionals from local communities that are hardest-hit by climate change will share their firsthand experiences and insights on the intersections of climate change and health in their communities. 🌡️🌋🌪️Learn more: Climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for actionhttps://redasadki.me/2024/05/20/climate-change-and-health-health-workers-on-climate-community-and-the-urgent-need-for-action/In this peer learning session, you will hear powerful stories as health workers respond to thought-provoking Teach to Reach Questions about the climate-health nexus. From moments of heartbreak and resilience to innovative solutions and calls to action, these voices will paint a vivid picture of the challenges and opportunities ahead. 💔💪💡Learn more: Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Listening to these grassroots perspectives will be Guides on the side – global health leaders like Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health at the World Health Organization (WHO), and Emiko Nishimura, Director of the Global Health Team at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). 🎧🌐Learn more: Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/This unique dialogue between local experts and global decision-makers promises to be a catalyst for transformative action. Together, we’ll explore questions like:How is climate change exacerbating health risks like malaria, heat stroke, asthma, malnutrition, and waterborne diseases? 🦟🌡️🫁🍚🚰What emotions and experiences drive health workers to take action on climate and health? 💭🩺What innovative strategies are communities using to build resilience and safeguard health in a changing climate? 🌱💪How can we amplify frontline voices to inform policy and drive investment in climate-smart healthcare? 📣💰Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a critical conversation on the urgent health impacts of climate change, and the power of health workers to lead the way to a healthier, more sustainable future. 🌍🩺💚Whether you’re a health worker, policymaker, researcher, or advocate, this session will leave you inspired, informed, and equipped to take action at the intersection of climate and health. 🏥🌳🏛️🎉 Join us at Teach to Reach 10 for this not-to-be-missed plenary on climate change and health! 🗓️#TeachToReach #Climate #Health #HealthWorkersLead #WHO #JICA #PlenarySession
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this powerful plenary session, health workers from communities facing malaria will share their unique insights and experiences fighting this disease with the communities they serve.Learn more: World Malaria Day 2024: We need new ways to support health workers leading change with local communitieshttps://redasadki.me/2024/04/25/world-malaria-day-2024-we-need-new-ways-to-learn-and-lead-change-with-local-communities/Through their responses to thought-provoking Teach to Reach questions, these local experts will shed light on the challenges, successes, and opportunities in the battle to roll back malaria. 🦟💪From innovative approaches to prevention and treatment, to strategies for reaching the most vulnerable populations, to the urgent need for equitable access and investment, these voices will paint a vivid and nuanced picture of the current malaria landscape.Together, we’ll explore critical questions like:How have health workers and communities adapted to the evolving challenges of drug and insecticide resistance? 💊🦟What lessons can we learn from successful community engagement and behavior change strategies? 🤝🧠How can we ensure equitable access to lifesaving interventions like bed nets, accurate diagnosis, and effective treatment? ⚖️🛏️🩻What will it take to accelerate progress and achieve the ambitious global goal of malaria eradication? 🌍🥅Whether you’re a health worker, researcher, program implementer, or policymaker, this session promises to inform and inspire your work in malaria.Join us to hear directly from those at the heart of the malaria fight, and be part of charting a bold way forward. 🗺️⭐
In this plenary session, our Teach To Reach partner Uniting to Combat NTDs joins frontline health workers to shed light on the critical fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).Through the lens of real-world experiences shared by health professionals from NTD-endemic regions, we’ll explore the complex challenges and promising solutions in the battle against these diseases that affect the world’s most marginalized communities.Hear firsthand accounts of:The devastating impact of NTDs like schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and onchocerciasis on individuals and communitiesInnovative strategies for NTD prevention, from mass drug administration to WASH interventionsThe power of community engagement and locally-led solutions in the fight against NTDsThe emerging threat of climate change on NTD transmission and the urgent need for resilience-buildingLessons learned and best practices from the frontlines of the NTD responseTogether with health workers, we’ll discuss:How can we amplify frontline voices to drive political will and investment in NTDs?What will it take to reach the WHO 2030 NTD elimination goals in the face of climate change and other emerging threats?How can we champion a patient-centered approach to NTD interventions that leaves no one behind?Join us for an eye-opening dialogue on one of global health’s most pressing yet underrecognized challenges, and be part of reimagining the NTD response for a new era.
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachTeach to Reach 10 marks a pivotal moment as we open our partnership model to local organizations, acknowledging their vital role in driving sustainable development.In this forum, leaders will introduce their organizations and share their stories, challenges, and innovations, offering a window into the realities and potential of locally led action. 🌱💡Through their insights, we’ll explore how strengthening local capacity and fostering equitable partnerships can catalyze transformative change.By building on community strengths, cultivating local ownership, and ensuring all voices are heard, we can support development efforts that are more responsive, resilient, and sustainable. 💪🌍This forum embodies a commitment to partnerships grounded in mutual respect, reciprocity, and a shared vision of a future where every community thrives.It’s a space for local leaders to spark connections, inspire collaborations, and reshape the conversation around what’s possible when grassroots voices take the lead. 🤝💬Join us to listen, learn, and be part of a growing global movement that recognizes local leadership as the key to unlocking lasting solutions to complex challenges.Whether you’re a community advocate, development practitioner, or simply passionate about building a more equitable world, your perspective is welcome and valued. 🌟✨
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this plenary session, we’ll explore the transformative potential of digital health solutions in addressing community health challenges and supporting frontline health workers.Through the insights of eHealth Africa, EHA Clinics, and health professionals from diverse contexts, we’ll gain a deeper understanding of how digital tools can bridge gaps, improve access, and drive sustainable change. 📱💉Health workers will share their firsthand experiences using digital platforms to engage communities, disseminate vital information, and ensure no one is left behind in vaccination efforts.We’ll learn how these tools are enabling more timely, targeted, and effective outreach, even in remote areas. 📲🌍We’ll also hear from eHealth Africa about their groundbreaking LoMIS Suite, a digital solution tackling stockouts and data challenges in Nigeria’s medical supply chain.By tracking vaccine deliveries and providing actionable insights, LoMIS is driving down stockout rates and empowering informed decision-making to improve healthcare access for underserved populations. 📊💡After the plenary, join eHealth Africa and EHA Clinics for workshops that will dive deeper into leveraging digital health solutions in various contexts.Join these sessions to share your own experiences, learn from peers, and collaboratively envision a future where digital tools help us achieve health for all. 💻🤝Whether you’re a health worker, policymaker, or innovator, this plenary and the accompanying workshops will leave you inspired and equipped with new ideas and connections to harness the power of digital health in your work.Together, let’s unlock the potential of technology to empower health workers and transform communities! 💪🌟LoMIS: Digital Solutions to Routine Immunization Challenges in NigeriaThe medical logistics supply chain in Nigeria faces several challenges that prevent the country from achieving universal health coverage by 2030 and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals.These challenges include a lack of infrastructure, inadequate government investment in healthcare, a lack of data to assist healthcare providers in making informed decisions, and a lack of end-to-end transparency in the supply chain.These challenges result in issues such as stockouts of essential medical supplies, inefficiencies in the supply chain, and increased costs.The lack of access to quality healthcare disproportionately affects the country's underserved populations, particularly in remote areas.The LoMIS Suite is a digital solution that addresses these stockouts and lack of data challenges by tracking and monitoring vaccine deliveries to drive the stockout rates down to near zero and also provides insights for informed decision making
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIgnite your passion for locally-led global health at the Teach to Reach 10 Opening Ceremony!Join over 21,000 health workers from 80+ countries in a transformative moment of peer learning and collaboration.Ahead of Teach to Reach, 1,500 experiences were shared, amplifying the voices of health workers worldwide.The Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective will open Teach To Reach, sharing their powerful perspective on the intersection of climate change and immunization.Don’t miss the unveiling of the Teach to Reach HPV vaccination handbook, developed from thousands of experiences shared at Teach to Reach by health workers’ practical experience with ‘what works’ to introduce, scale up, and sustain HPV vaccination efforts to protect women and girls from cervical cancer.Dive into the power of experience-sharing as we explore:- Celebrating 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and charting the future of vaccine equity- Strategies to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria in a changing climate- How Teach to Reach helps turn learning into action: What have we learned? What value has been created?- Examining the learning culture and performance in global health: What helps us learn and transform learning into results?Learn about the Manifesto for Global Health, an open-source vision for people-centered health systems, serves as the unifying thread connecting people and topics at Teach to Reach.Witness the launch of groundbreaking collaborations like the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, in partnership with UNICEF and NPHCDA, uniting partners to strengthen routine immunization.Learn how peer learning is transforming the future of capacity building in global health.This is your chance to connect with like-minded changemakers, celebrate collective triumphs, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Join us and be part of a global movement to make the impossible possible for health equity!
This session is part of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day massive peer learning event bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachWarm-up for Teach to Reach: ConnectBefore the Opening Ceremony, join us to discover Teach to Reach (if it's your first time) and to meet the first participants in the plenary room. We'll answer all your questions about the event and help you make the most of the various sessions.Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?Is this your first time at Teach to Reach? Join us for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify the sessions you’re interested in, how to navigate the event’s platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.
This is the livestream for the morning session of Teach to Reach 10 on 20 June 2024.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachJoin Teach to Reach 10 now https://events.ringcentral.com/events/teachtoreach#scheduleWelcome to the livestream of Teach to Reach 10, a groundbreaking two-day conference bringing together over 21,000 health workers from more than 80 countries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and drive global health action.Teach to Reach is not just another conference - it’s a movement that recognizes the power of local knowledge and action to solve global health challenges.By amplifying the voices and experiences of frontline health workers, Teach to Reach is reshaping the global health dialogue and promoting locally-led solutions.Our first morning kicks off with a warm-up and tutorial, followed by the inaugural Local Leaders & Partner Forum.This historic session marks the opening of the Teach to Reach partnership model to local organizations, acknowledging their vital role in driving sustainable development.Grassroots leaders will share their stories, challenges, and innovations, offering a window into the realities and potential of community-driven action.The opening ceremony will set the stage for the transformative discussions to come, as we celebrate the power of peer learning and collective action in global health.A highlight of the morning will be the plenary session on climate change and health, where health workers from communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis will share their firsthand experiences and insights.Through their powerful stories and responses to thought-provoking questions, these local experts will paint a vivid picture of the urgent health impacts of climate change and the innovative strategies communities are using to build resilience.Global health leaders will join as Guides on the side, listening and engaging in this critical dialogue.After a networking break, we’ll turn our attention to the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).In partnership with Uniting to Combat NTDs, health workers from NTD-endemic regions will share their experiences, challenges, and successes in tackling these diseases that affect the world’s most marginalized communities.We’ll explore the devastating impact of NTDs, innovative prevention strategies, the power of community engagement, and the emerging threat of climate change on NTD transmission.The morning will conclude with a focus on ending malaria, as health workers from affected communities share their insights on the challenges, successes, and opportunities in rolling back this deadly disease.We’ll delve into lessons learned from community engagement and behavior change strategies, the need for equitable access to interventions, and the path towards the ambitious goal of malaria eradication.Throughout the morning, you’ll witness the unique power of Teach to Reach’s peer learning model, as health workers share practical insights and strategies grounded in their real-world experiences.By leveraging this collective wisdom, Teach to Reach is fostering a new paradigm in global health - one that is driven by those closest to the challenges.So join us for this historic livestream as we kick off Teach to Reach 10, a conference that is not just about sharing knowledge, but about igniting a movement of health worker collaboration, leadership, and locally-led action for global change.Together, we’ll explore, learn, and be inspired to build a healthier, more equitable future for all.
Join us for an inspiring Teach to Reach Lightning Chat with Dr Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO).This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical climate change and health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024.Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this session, Dr Neira will reflect on the landmark World Health Assembly resolution on climate change and health, and its implications for the global response to this existential threat.She will share insights from WHO’s work to support countries in building climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health systems, and discuss the critical role of frontline health workers in driving local action and innovation.Learn more about climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for actionhttps://redasadki.me/2024/05/20/climate-change-and-health-health-workers-on-climate-community-and-the-urgent-need-for-action/Dr Neira will explore with Teach to Reach participants how the knowledge, experiences, and leadership of those on the ground can shape the implementation of the WHA resolution and the development of WHO’s global action plan on climate change and health.The Chat will delve into key themes such as the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration, the potential of digital platforms like Teach to Reach to accelerate progress, and the lessons we can learn from The Geneva Learning Foundation’s model of fostering peer learning and local ownership in tackling global health challenges.Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between global experts Phalkey and health workers who are both eyewitnesses and first responders to the effects of climate change on the communities they serve.By amplifying the voices of health workers and defying boundaries of geography and hierarchy, Teach to Reach aims to challenge the epistemic injustice that has long plagued global health and ensure that climate and health solutions are grounded in local realities.Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/Join us at Teach to Reach 10 to be part of this urgent conversation on accelerating action at the nexus of climate change and health to safeguard the wellbeing of children and communities worldwide.#Climate #Health #TeachToReach #HealthWorkersLead #WHA77 #COP29
We are pleased to introduce Teach to Reach Partners eHealth Africa and EHA Clinics.Ahead of #TeachToReach, meet David Akpan, a pioneer in the field of #digitalhealth.David is the Deputy Director at eHealth Africa with the Partnership and Programs Directorate, #climate #healthIn the face of the accelerating health impacts of climate change, digital technologies offer immense potential to strengthen resilience, improve access to services, and empower frontline health workers.But how can we ensure that these technologies are inclusive, context-specific, and grounded in local realities?Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachWith David Akpan, we will explore how we can leverage digital tools to support those on the ground in navigating health challenges faced by health workers participating in Teach to Reach.The Chat will also highlight the exciting partnership between eHealth Africa, EHA Clinics, and The Geneva Learning Foundation for Teach to Reach, and how this collaboration can help amplify the voices and experiences of health workers in driving digital transformation to strengthen the resilience and health of local communities.This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024.Join us for this engaging dialogue on how we can harness the power of digital technologies, guided by the wisdom and leadership of frontline health workers, to build resilient and responsive health systems in the face of climate change.
🌍 Meet Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the World Health Organization (WHO) for a #TeachToReach Lightning Chat ahead of the main event.Since the launch of the Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) in 1974, vaccination has saved 154 million lives.💉 As we celebrate 50 years of EPI, Dr O’Brien will reflect on the programme’s most significant achievements and the challenges that lie ahead in the next 50 years.🗣️ How can we amplify the voices of health workers and the communities they serve to ensure that the next 50 years of EPI are shaped by the realities and wisdom of communities most affected?🌡️ Together, we’ll explore how immunization programmes can adapt to the new realities of a changing climate, and the critical role of health workers in building trust, reaching the unreached, and ensuring no one is left behind.🤝 This dialogue between a global leader and health professionals in the Teach to Reach network is about the power of connecting expertise across geographies and levels of the health system to drive innovation and resilience.📅 The Chat is a preview of the urgent topics that will be explored in-depth at Teach to Reach 10 on 20-21 June, where health workers will share their experiences navigating the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of climate change and health.Join us to be part of this vital dialogue on reimagining immunization in a changing world to protect the health of all.Request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach#VaccinesWork #Humanly Possible #Climate #Health #TeachToReach #EPI50 #HealthWorkersLead
The partner coordination call on June 13, 2024, served as a "dress rehearsal" for the upcoming Teach to Reach 10 global conference, set to take place on June 20-21. Reda Sadki, Charlotte Mbuh, and María Fernanda Monzón, the "Teach to Reach Trio," hosted the call, which aimed to provide practical information and guidance for partners and participants.Key highlights from the call include:1. Participation: As of the call, 21,161 people had registered for Teach to Reach 10, a significant increase from previous editions.2. Partner recognition: Organizations that met specific requirements, such as attending partner briefings, sharing the Teach to Reach invitation, and providing logos, were recognized as official partners. A diverse range of organizations from various sectors and countries were represented.3. Lightning Chats: Upcoming Lightning Chats featuring global health leaders such as Maria Nera (WHO), David Akpan (eHealth Africa), and Kate O'Brien (WHO) were announced. Participants were encouraged to subscribe to the calendar to stay informed.4. RingCentral platform: A tutorial was provided on how to register and navigate the RingCentral platform, where the conference will be hosted. Key features such as networking, scheduling, and interactive sessions were highlighted.5. Conference schedule: The detailed schedule for June 20 (English) and June 21 (French) was presented, including the opening ceremony, partner showcases, workshops, and networking sessions.6. Celebration of milestones: The conference will celebrate 50 years of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and its impact on saving children's lives.7. Workshops and future plans: Due to the overwhelming response from partners, the organizers are planning to provide more opportunities for partner organizations to showcase their work in future Teach to Reach events.8. Social media engagement: Participants were encouraged to actively share and engage with Teach to Reach content on social media platforms to increase visibility and participation.The call emphasized the importance of participants' experiences, stories, and contributions in shaping the learning and networking experience at Teach to Reach. With one week left until the conference, the organizers expressed their excitement and anticipation for the event, which aims to foster meaningful connections and knowledge-sharing among health professionals worldwide.
Meet Renzo R. Guinto, MD DrPH, one of the pioneers of the new field of planetary health.Dr Guinto is an Associate Professor of Global and Planetary Health at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI), Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore.Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this Teach to Reach Lightning Chat, we will explore Dr Guinto’s holistic view of health, emphasizing the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet.Renzo Guinto has traveled to and lectured in nearly 70 countries and 100 universities across the world; published more than 200 reports and articles in scientific journals, books, and popular media; and directed and produced short films that communicate the message of planetary healing to the world. We will discuss how healthcare professionals can help lead the way in addressing the climate crisis.Learn more about climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for actionhttps://redasadki.me/2024/05/20/climate-change-and-health-health-workers-on-climate-community-and-the-urgent-need-for-action/This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical climate change and health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024.Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between global experts like Dr Guinto and health workers who are both eyewitnesses and first responders to the effects of climate change on the communities they serve.By amplifying the voices of health workers and defying boundaries of geography and hierarchy, Teach to Reach aims to challenge the epistemic injustice that has long plagued global health and ensure that climate and health solutions are grounded in local realities.Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/Join us at Teach to Reach 10 to be part of this urgent conversation on accelerating action at the nexus of climate change and health to safeguard the wellbeing of people and the planet.
Meet Dr Revati Phalkey, Global Director of Health and Nutrition at Save the Children International.In this Teach to Reach Lightning Chat, Dr Phalkey will share insights from her work to address the impacts of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health.Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachLearn more about climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for actionhttps://redasadki.me/2024/05/20/climate-change-and-health-health-workers-on-climate-community-and-the-urgent-need-for-action/This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical climate change and health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024.Revati Phalkey has been a pioneer in exploring climate change impacts on health.Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between global experts Phalkey and health workers who are both eyewitnesses and first responders to the effects of climate change on the communities they serve.By amplifying the voices of health workers and defying boundaries of geography and hierarchy, Teach to Reach aims to challenge the epistemic injustice that has long plagued global health and ensure that climate and health solutions are grounded in local realities.Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/Join us at Teach to Reach 10 to be part of this urgent conversation on accelerating action at the nexus of climate change and health to safeguard the wellbeing of children and communities worldwide.
The Teach to Reach 10 Partner Coordination call, held 15 days before the main event on June 20-21, 2024, brought together partners from various organizations to discuss the event's progress and dissemination efforts. Key points from the call include:1. As of the morning of the call, 21,050 participants had registered for Teach to Reach 10, with 9,323 French speakers and 11,727 English speakers. This number has been increasing steadily since previous editions.2. Partners were encouraged to continue disseminating the event invitation to their staff, members, and communities. Success stories of dissemination were shared, with many partners reaching hundreds or thousands of people through social media, WhatsApp, and word of mouth.3. The Geneva Learning Foundation recognized 291 individuals and their organizations who have been actively sharing the Teach to Reach invitation, contributing to the event's exponential growth.4. Partners were guided through the process of completing their registration on the RingCentral platform, which will host the main conference interactions during Teach to Reach 10.5. The event will feature sessions on climate change and health, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and digital health, with Guides on the side from global organizations like the World Health Organization, Roll Back Malaria, Uniting to Combat NTDs, and eHealth Africa.6. Partners are supporting Teach to Reach Questions by sharing with their staff, membership, volunteers, and communities. Teach to Reach questions have been sent to registered participants, covering topics such as learning culture, immunization, climate change, and NTDs. Responses are being curated and shared back with the community to facilitate learning and exchange of experiences.7. Partners were encouraged to continue engaging with and sharing Teach to Reach content on social media platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook to further increase the event's reach and impact.The call highlighted the growing momentum and excitement surrounding Teach to Reach 10, with partners playing a crucial role in disseminating the event and contributing to its success through their active participation and engagement.
Join us for a special Teach to Reach Lightning Chat on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Climate Change with Thoko Elphick-Pooley, Executive Director of Uniting to Combat NTDs.Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of 21 diseases that disproportionately affect the world’s poorest and most marginalized communities.Despite their devastating impact on health and well-being, NTDs often receive less attention and resources compared to other global health priorities.Climate change is further exacerbating the spread and reach of many NTDs, posing new challenges for control and elimination efforts.Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this Lightning Chat, Thoko Elphick-Pooley will share insights from Uniting to Combat NTDs' work to raise the profile of NTDs, mobilize resources, and support country leadership in the fight against these diseases.Learn more: The Geneva Learning Foundation and Uniting to Combat NTDs Partner to Amplify Voices of Local Health Workers in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseaseshttps://unitingtocombatntds.org/en/news-and-views/the-geneva-learning-foundation-and-uniting-to-combat-ntds-partner-to-amplify-voices-of-local-health-workers-in-the-fight-against-neglected-tropical-diseases/We will discuss why NTDs are a critical global health priority, and how climate change is impacting transmission and control.This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical climate change and health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024.We will explore questions such as: What makes NTDs particularly sensitive to climate impacts, and what is needed to build resilience in affected communities? How can amplifying the voices and experiences of frontline health workers help close the $2 billion funding gap for NTDs? What role can health workers play in driving locally-led action, innovation, and integration of NTD services into primary health care? How can we combat stigma and ensure no one affected by NTDs is left behind?Thoko will also reflect on how partnerships with peer learning networks like Teach to Reach, which connects over 20,000 health workers across more than 80 countries, can help inform and strengthen the global NTD response.Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between global experts and health workers who are both eyewitnesses and first responders to the effects of climate change on the communities they serve.Read the blog post by Luchuo E. Bain and Reda Sadki about the epistemic significance of health worker knowledgehttps://redasadki.me/2024/06/03/klepacs-scoping-review-of-climate-change-malaria-and-neglected-tropical-diseases-what-about-the-epistemic-significance-of-health-worker-knowledge/By amplifying the voices of health workers and defying boundaries of geography and hierarchy, Teach to Reach aims to challenge the epistemic injustice that has long plagued global health and ensure that climate and health solutions are grounded in local realities.Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/Join us at Teach to Reach 10 to be part of this urgent conversation on accelerating action at the nexus of climate change and health to safeguard the wellbeing of children and communities worldwide.
Teach to Reach 9 is a global event bringing together over 17,000 health professionals to meet, network and learn from each other.Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachAlongside the main focus on immunization, this ninth edition also shined a spotlight on often neglected health issues disproportionately affecting women in low-resource settings, such as Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).Follow this link to find out more https://www.learning.foundation/fgsFGS is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic worms that affects over 56 million women and girls, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.Introduction 2023 to female genital schistosomiasis (with Dr Julie Jacobson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR6lMjSzd68Many health workers are unaware of its existence, leading to frequent misdiagnosis and immense suffering in silence.Teach to Reach 9 featured powerful testimonials from health professionals who attended groundbreaking 2021 and 2023 workshops on FGS organized by Bridges to Development and the Geneva Learning Foundation, with support from Canada Grand Challenges and The End Fund.Brigitte Meugang works in a government health facility in Cameroon.As a learner at the 2023 Workshop on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), she was suddenly confronted with FGS within her own family.Here’s her story.“My female relative had been bleeding for a year without any resolution.She had consulted many gynecologists and medical doctors without success.”“She was scheduled to have a hysterectomy, thinking she had cancer.”“When in fact it was Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).”“I figured it out a few days after attending the FGS workshop offered by The Geneva Learning Foundation with Bridges to Development and The End Fund.”“We had done cervical smears, ultrasounds, and they found no infections, but she was bleeding constantly, bleeding to such an extent that the only solution proposed by the gynecologist was to remove her uterus.”“After the FGS training, I called her and told her about the training and that it was possible she was suffering from FGS.”“I then did everything I could to find praziquantel urgently.”“I called her back and gave her praziquantel tablets.”“When we calculated the dose according to her weight, with 40 mg of praziquantel per kilo, she had to take six tablets.”“She took three tablets first and, four hours later, she took the other three.”“After taking these tablets, her bleeding stopped, and that continues to this day.”“Thank you for everything.”“I will never forget this training.”“This testimonial motivates me to train everyone and tell anyone who will listen.”“I put my heart and soul into making everyone aware, including healthcare professionals, so that there would be no more women at risk of dying or losing their uterus, as could have been the case with my own relative.”Rukaiya Mumuni, an immunization worker from Ghana, also recounted how the FGS training enabled her to help a colleague suffering in silence.“After the training, I realized one of the nurses came up to me: ‘Rukaya, I have been having this issue for a long time. Most of the symptoms you mentioned about FGS, I have been experiencing it.’”Treatment with Praziquantel resolved her symptoms.Dr. Julie Jacobson, a longtime FGS advocate, emphasized the power of spreading awareness and knowledge to overcome this neglected disease.“The challenge has been that this never gets reported and so it doesn’t officially exist. And here we hear about all the silent suffering that’s gone on...I’m inspired by you and hope to continue to do this in any way that I can help serve this population.”These testimonies highlight how Teach to Reach is enabling frontline health workers to transform knowledge into action to tackle neglected diseases and improve women’s health.As The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Charlotte Mbuh summarized, “This platform is a very important platform for information and experience sharing that not only allows for the acquisition of knowledge, but also for the awakening of consciences.”
Join the World Immunization Week 2024 Special Event on 8 May 2024 to watch, listen, and learn from visual storytelling by health professionals from all over the world.For the third consecutive year, TGLF is providing a platform for health workers worldwide to share visual stories and experiences before, during, and after World Immunization Week, documenting their daily work and the impact they make in their communities.In the first two years, contributors primarily from districts and facilities, shared over 2,000 photos from 137 countries.Request your invitation to join World Immunization Week https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-weekDownload The many faces of immunization (IA2030 Listening and Learning Report 5) (1.0). Special Event: World Immunization Week. The Geneva Learning Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166653Download Listening and learning report 2. It takes people to make #VaccinesWork (1.0). The Geneva Learning Foundation . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010196Making the invisible visible: storytelling the health impacts of climate change https://redasadki.me/2024/03/18/making-the-invisible-visible-storytelling-the-health-impacts-of-climate-change/Visual storytelling for health: a photography workshop with Chris deBode for Teach to Reach 10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMBbdb4yXVE
As we count down to Teach to Reach 10 on 20-21 June 2024, join local organizations from all over the world that are partnering up for this massive networking event for health workers.🌟 Exciting Opportunity Alert for Local Community Health Leaders! 🌟 📢 Calling all community organizations & local government agencies! You’re warmly invited to the Teach to Reach 10 Partner Briefing! 🎉 🤝 Become a part of a movement where community leaders transform health through the power of peer learning. For the FIRST time, local organizations can join as partners. 🌍✨ 🔗 Why join? Last October, over 17,000 health pros from across the globe joined Teach to Reach 9, with global partners like Gavi & UNICEF supporting. Want to make an impact? Links in the comments to dive deeper into becoming a Partner ➡ 📆 As a Teach to Reach 10 partner, get featured on our homepage, connect with a global network of 50,000 + health workers, and more! 🚀 💡 Host your workshop, showcase your work, and engage with international partners. Plus, enjoy the spotlight across our social media & events! 🌐 👉 Don’t miss this chance to shine & share! #TeachToReach #GlobalHealth #CommunityLeadership 🌟 Follow this link to join the next #TeachToReach Partner briefing https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217090497666/WN_m1lZ4owIQ_yQ4xIDRj5yjw Become a Teach to Reach 10 Partner: Help amplify frontline voices at the world’s largest health peer learning event https://redasadki.me/2024/02/27/become-a-teach-to-reach-10-partner-help-amplify-frontline-voices-at-the-worlds-largest-health-peer-learning-event/
🌟 Exciting Opportunity Alert for Local Community Health Leaders! 🌟 📢 Calling all community organizations & local government agencies! You’re warmly invited to the Teach to Reach 10 Partner Briefing! 🎉 🤝 Become a part of a movement where community leaders transform health through the power of peer learning. For the FIRST time, local organizations can join as partners. 🌍✨ 🔗 Why join? Last October, over 17,000 health pros from across the globe joined Teach to Reach 9, with global partners like Gavi & UNICEF supporting. Want to make an impact? Links in the comments to dive deeper into becoming a Partner ➡ 📆 As a Teach to Reach 10 partner, get featured on our homepage, connect with a global network of 50,000 + health workers, and more! 🚀 💡 Host your workshop, showcase your work, and engage with international partners. Plus, enjoy the spotlight across our social media & events! 🌐 👉 Don’t miss this chance to shine & share! #TeachToReach #GlobalHealth #CommunityLeadership 🌟 Follow this link to join the next #TeachToReach Partner briefing https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217090497666/WN_m1lZ4owIQ_yQ4xIDRj5yjw Become a Teach to Reach 10 Partner: Help amplify frontline voices at the world’s largest health peer learning event https://redasadki.me/2024/02/27/become-a-teach-to-reach-10-partner-help-amplify-frontline-voices-at-the-worlds-largest-health-peer-learning-event/
Today, the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Charlotte Mbuh delivered a presentation at the Online Expert Seminar on Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Developing Countries. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHealthThe event was organized by the International Expert Centre of Climate Change and Health (IECCCH) at the Research and Transfer Centre Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), the UK Consortium on Sustainability Research (UK-CSR), and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP).Mbuh shared insights from a report based on observations from frontline health workers on the impact of climate change on health in their communities.The Geneva Learning Foundation, a Swiss non-profit, facilitated two digital events in July 2023, engaging 4,700 health practitioners from 68 countries who submitted 1,260 observations.Watch the special event “From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate change” https://www.learning.foundation/climateGet the insights from 1200+ health workers on the frontline of climate and health https://www.learning.foundation/cop28“93% of respondents believed that there was a link between climate change and health, and they reported a direct local experience of a wide range of climatic and environmental impacts,” Mbuh stated. The most commonly reported impacts were on farming and farmland, the distribution of disease-carrying insects, and urban areas becoming hotter.Health impacts linked to these climatic and environmental changes included increased malnutrition and/or undernutrition, increased waterborne diseases, and changes to the incidence and distribution of vector-borne diseases.Mbuh emphasized that these impacts were particularly prevalent in smaller communities or mid-sized towns.Mbuh highlighted the unique role of frontline health workers as trusted advisors to their communities: “Frontline health workers are trusted advisors of the communities that they serve, and they have unique insights to local realities and are strategically positioned to bring about change,” she said.The Geneva Learning Foundation aims to leverage its digitally-enabled peer learning network of health workers to drive change across different levels of the health system and geographical boundaries.Mbuh concluded : “These experiences demonstrate the importance of community engagement, sustainable practices, and support from relevant stakeholders in addressing the climate health nexus and building resilience in the face of a changing climate.”The presentation underscored the urgent need to invest in frontline health workers at the local level to build resilience against the impacts of climate change on health, particularly in vulnerable communities in developing countries.
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s first Fellow of Photography, Chris de Bode, will lead a visual storytelling workshop with health care workers from 44 countries on 18 March 2024.80% of participants are sub-national staff working in fragile contexts.Chris deBode spent decades on assignments, traveling around the globe for various NGOs, magazines, and newspapers.Now, he has partnered with the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) to share his experience with practitioners who are there every day.Read Chris’s commentary about 1,000 photos shared by health workers to show that people make #vaccineswork https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflections-chris-de-bode-takes-people-makeThe workshop is reserved for Contributors to the 2022 and 2023 Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Movement’s International Photo Exhibitions. In 2022 and 2023, over 2,000 photos were shared by immunization staff from all over the world.Learn more about World Immunization Week https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-weekDownload Book I (2022) It takes people to make #VaccinesWorkhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010196Watch the inauguration of the First International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030https://youtube.com/live/MM36F0A-kfwWatch the Special Event: World Immunization Week 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBveZXzMm3cWatch the Special Event: World Immunization Week 2022https://youtube.com/live/3UTHUhJhE_Q“Technical knowledge is not decisive in making your picture”, says Chris. “The person behind the camera makes the difference. You are the source of your image.”Read Chris deBode’s commentary about what it means for immunization staff to be visually documenting their daily work https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflections-chris-de-bode-takes-people-make/Health professions from the following countries will be participating: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Zambia.Photo by Chris deBode: Eleven-year-old Wilberforce runs along an unpaved road near his home in Gulu, Northen Uganda where he lives with his parents and 6 siblings. He says: “I want to be the fastest. I want my parents, my school and country to be proud of me. Every day I run. I dream of coming home with the biggest trophy.”
43 new organizations are joining today’s 2nd briefing for Teach to Reach Partners.Teach to Reach is a massive peer learning event reaches over 17,000 health workers on the frontlines of climate change and health.It provides a community, network, and platform for global and regional partners who seek to engage, listen, and learn from people and communities.The Geneva Learning Foundation is pleased to announce the tenth edition of Teach to Reach, to be held 20-21 June 2024.Teach to Reach is a massive, open peer learning event where health professionals network, and learn with colleagues from all over the world.Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachTeach to Reach 10 continues a tradition of groundbreaking peer learning started in 2020, when over 3,000 health workers from 80 countries came together to improve immunization training.17,662 health professionals – over 80% from districts and facilities, half working for government – participated in Teach to Reach 9 in October 2023.Participants shared 940 experiences ahead of the event.See what we learned at Teach to Reach 9 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10062521View Insights Live with Dr Orin Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mloZjjQ5o.Teach to Reach is a platform, community, and network to amplify voices from lower-resource settings bearing the greatest burden of disease.Teach to Reach 10 will focus on the impacts of climate change on health Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/In the video below, learn from the experiences of 4,700 participants in our Special Event: From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate change https://www.learning.foundation/climate.From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate changehttps://youtu.be/ModBatuNefgPoor connectivity? You will find the videos on this page in the low-bandwidth, audio-only Teach to Reach podcast on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-to-reach/id1645687856, Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/61omcfKuAOzizo0IvrVj4u, Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0ZW5ib3guYXBwL2YvVGc2SGVQeGRGODlW, or Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/76bc2997-8e6b-49a2-a346-945f3a7500fd/teach-to-reach Podcasts.Alongside this theme, other critical health challenges selected by participants for this tenth edition include immunization, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and neglected needs of women’s health.In this video of a Teach to Reach session, learn about local action led by community-based health workers to tackle Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a neglected tropical disease that affects an estimated 56 million women and girls.https://youtu.be/zEl2wZ4n9B4In the run-up to Teach to Reach 10, participants will share their real-world experience.Every success, lessons learned, and challenge will be shared back with the community and brought to the attention of partners.The Manifesto for investment in health workers https://learningsi.notion.site/009-2-An-open-source-Manifesto-for-investment-in-health-workers-2-0-178a31e595ef4c4fb87a43dfa76419ba, a visionary statement elaborated by over 1,300 health workers, will be launched at Teach to Reach 10.A diverse range of over 50 global organizations have partnered with Teach to Reach since 2020, including Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, the Wellcome Trust, and UNICEF.The next video is a session with UNICEF on reaching zero-dose children in urban settings.https://youtu.be/wJuwKBw0-hkAlongside global partners and ministries of health, local community-based organizations will also be invited to become Teach to Reach partners.Partners are invited to join the first Partner Briefing, bringing together global health organizations with a commitment to listening and learning from health workers and the communities they serve.
Become a Teach to Reach 10 Partner: Help amplify frontline voices at the world’s largest health peer learning eventThe Geneva Learning Foundation is pleased to announce the tenth edition of Teach to Reach, to be held 20-21 June 2024.Teach to Reach is a massive, open peer learning event where health professionals network, and learn with colleagues from all over the world.Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachTeach to Reach 10 continues a tradition of groundbreaking peer learning started in 2020, when over 3,000 health workers from 80 countries came together to improve immunization training.17,662 health professionals – over 80% from districts and facilities, half working for government – participated in Teach to Reach 9 in October 2023.Participants shared 940 experiences ahead of the event.See what we learned at Teach to Reach 9 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10062521View Insights Live with Dr Orin Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-mloZjjQ5o.Teach to Reach is a platform, community, and network to amplify voices from lower-resource settings bearing the greatest burden of disease.Teach to Reach 10 will focus on the impacts of climate change on health Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontlinehttps://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/In the video below, learn from the experiences of 4,700 participants in our Special Event: From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate change https://www.learning.foundation/climate.From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate changehttps://youtu.be/ModBatuNefgPoor connectivity? You will find the videos on this page in the low-bandwidth, audio-only Teach to Reach podcast on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-to-reach/id1645687856, Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/61omcfKuAOzizo0IvrVj4u, Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0ZW5ib3guYXBwL2YvVGc2SGVQeGRGODlW, or Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/76bc2997-8e6b-49a2-a346-945f3a7500fd/teach-to-reach Podcasts.Alongside this theme, other critical health challenges selected by participants for this tenth edition include immunization, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and neglected needs of women’s health.In this video of a Teach to Reach session, learn about local action led by community-based health workers to tackle Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a neglected tropical disease that affects an estimated 56 million women and girls.https://youtu.be/zEl2wZ4n9B4In the run-up to Teach to Reach 10, participants will share their real-world experience.Every success, lessons learned, and challenge will be shared back with the community and brought to the attention of partners.The Manifesto for investment in health workers https://learningsi.notion.site/009-2-An-open-source-Manifesto-for-investment-in-health-workers-2-0-178a31e595ef4c4fb87a43dfa76419ba, a visionary statement elaborated by over 1,300 health workers, will be launched at Teach to Reach 10.A diverse range of over 50 global organizations have partnered with Teach to Reach since 2020, including Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, the Wellcome Trust, and UNICEF.The next video is a session with UNICEF on reaching zero-dose children in urban settings.https://youtu.be/wJuwKBw0-hkAlongside global partners and ministries of health, local community-based organizations will also be invited to become Teach to Reach partners.Partners are invited to join the first Partner Briefing, bringing together global health organizations with a commitment to listening and learning from health workers and the communities they serve.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reachhttps://www.learning.foundation/teach...Plenary with UNICEF: Sharing experiences to identify and reach “zero-dose” children and under-vaccinated communities in urban areas.We are delighted to announce that UNICEF and The Geneva Learning Foundation are once again joining forces to support Teach to Reach 9.This Teach to Reach 9 session in partnership with UNICEF focused on having participants share specific experiences confronting and responding to the challenge of reaching zero-dose children in urban areas. As the facilitator explained, "We're interested in having you tell us about a specific situation and what you did in response to it."Some compelling stories shared included:- Felicity from Nigeria who held community awareness campaigns to address parental misconceptions: "We had to have a kind of community awareness and with that it has really helped us go a long way. I will have more children being immunized." - Udoji from Nigeria who used geospatial analysis to identify areas with many zero-dose children: "We develop an ODK using the geospatial analysis where the supervisor each team that have they go out for vaccination the supervisor will record the children immunize we then we have the choice position of that team where they have work and when they start and when they end their work."- Vishesh from India who deployed nursing students to conduct house-to-house registration of zero-dose children: "More than thousand nursing students were deployed in that city they went house to house and they registered all zero to five year children electronically and then they were followed up and vaccinated."UNICEF Guides on the side emphasized holistic planning, understanding the heterogeneity of urban populations, targeted communication strategies, and leveraging technology and partnerships to identify and reach zero-dose children. They provided guidance and suggestions in response to the real-world experiences shared.
You are cordially invited to join Teach to Reach 9 Insights Live with Dr Orin Levine.In this dialogue, we will explore what we learned from Teach to Reach 9 on 13 October 2023.Poor connectivity? Subscribe to the audio-only podcasthttps://www.learning.foundation/podcast17,662 health professionals – over 80% from districts and facilities, half working for government – participated in this massive, online peer learning event. Teach to Reach 9 Contributors shared 940 experiences ahead of the event.Dr. Orin Levine, Non Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development, will join us, together with Teach to Reach 9 Contributors.Discussion topics that we will explore together, grounded in real-world experiences shared by Teach to Reach 9 participants, include:• Best practices and challenges faced by mobile vaccination teams• Effective management of parental concerns over vaccine side effects• Use of data systems and technology to identify and target zero-dose children• Productive partnerships with community structures to advance immunization• Strategies for coping with stockouts and bringing back hesitant parents• Equipment and transportation barriers faced by healthcare workers• Leveraging mobile phones, social media to bolster vaccine coverage• Drivers of vaccine wastage and potential solutions• Applying learnings from disease outbreaks to fill immunization gaps• Fostering accountability among health workers and parentsGet the Teach to Reach 9 Experienceshttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10062521Request your invitation now for Teach to Reach 10https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachThe Geneva Learning Foundation’s research has shown that the lack of continuous learning opportunities hinders immunization performance at all levels of the health system.Insights Live is one of a set of interventions aimed at strengthening continuous learning.Learn more about motivation, learning culture, and programme performancehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7004304
Learn more about climate change and health: https://www.learning.foundation/cop28Read the press release: https://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/“Good afternoon. I am Charlotte Mbuh. I have worked for the health of children and families in Cameroon for over 15 years.I am one of more than 5,500 health workers from 68 countries who have connected to share our observations of how climate is affecting the health of those we serve. “Going back home to the community where I grew up as a child, I was shocked to see that most of the rivers we used to swim and fish in have all dried up, and those that are still there have become very shallow so that you can easily walk through a river you required a boat to cross in years past.”These are the words of Samuel Chukwuemeka Obasi, a health worker from Nigeria.Dr Kumbha Gopi from India said: “The use of motor vehicles has led to an increase in air pollution and we see respiratory problems and skin diseases”.Climate change is hurting the health of those we serve. And it is getting worse.Few here would deny that health workers are an essential voice to listen to in order to understand climate impacts on health.Yet, a man named Jacob on social media snapped: “Since when are health workers the authority on air pollution?”Bie Lilian Mbando, a health worker from my country: “Where I live in Buea, the flood from Mount Cameroon took away all belongings of people in my neighborhood and killed a secondary school student who was playing football with his friends.”Climate change is killing our community.Cecilia Nabwirwa, a nurse in Nairobi, Kenya: “I remember my grand-son getting sick after eating vegetables grown along areas flooded by sewage. Since then I resolved to growing my own vegetables to ensure healthy eating.”And yet, another man on social media, Robert, found this “ridiculous. As if my friend who sells fish at his fish stall comes as an expert on water quality.”I wondered: why such brutal responses?Well, unlike scientists or global agencies, we cannot be dismissed as “experts from on-high”.What we know, we know because we are here every day.We are part of the community.And we know that climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve.We are already having to manage the impacts of climate change on health.We are doing the best that we can.But we need your support.The global community is investing in building a new scientific field around climate and health.Massive investments are also being made in policy.Are we making a commensurate investment in people and communities?That should mean investing in health workers.What will happen if this investment is neglected?What if big global donors say: “it’s important, but it’s not part of our strategy?”Well, in 5, 10, or 15 years, we will certainly have much improved science and, hopefully, policy.Yet, some communities might reject better science and policy.Will the global community then wonder: “Why don’t they know what’s good for them?” I am an immunization worker. For over 15 years, I have worked for my country’s ministry of health.Like my colleagues from all over the world, I know more than a little about what it takes to establish and maintain trust.Trust in vaccination, trust in public health.Trust that by standing together in the face of critical threats to our societies, we all stand to do better.Local communities in the poorest countries are already bearing the brunt of climate change effects on health.Local solutions are needed.Health workers are trusted advisors to the communities we serve.With every challenge, there is an opportunity.On 28 July 2023, 4,700 health workers began learning from each other through the Geneva Learning Foundation’s platform, community, and network.Thousands more are connecting with each other, because they choose to.And because they want to take action.It is our duty to support them.In March 2024, we will hold the tenth Teach to Reach conference.The last edition reached over 17,000 health workers from more than 80 countries.This time, our focus will be on climate and health.We invite global partners to join, to listen and to learn.We invite you to consider how you, your organization, your government might support action by health workers on the frontline.Because we will rise.As health workers, with or without your support, we will continue to stand up with courage, compassion and commitment, working to lift up our communities.Our perseverance calls us all to press forward towards climate justice and health equity.I wish to challenge us, as a global community, to rise together, so that the voices of those on the frontline of climate change will be at the next Conference of Parties.By standing together, we all stand to do better.Thank you.
“Do you consider climate change a threat to the health of those you serve?” That was the key question posed to over 4,700 attending health professionals at The Geneva Learning Foundation’s 9th Teach to Reach event.Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/cop28As Kingsley Nniere, a community health worker from Ghana, explained, “Climate change is actually a threat…with severe downpour of rains…most of the rivers are flooded and most of the ghatas are flooded. And…it brings a lot of mosquitoes and these mosquitoes bite the community members and…gives them malaria.”Other health workers echoed Kingsley’s sentiments. Dr. Tuusime Ramadan, a retired doctor in Uganda, highlighted how “climate change has caused problems to very many people we serve,” including floods destroying “homes, destroy crops, destroy houses,” drought killing livestock, and storms damaging health facilities. Participants explored connections between environmental changes - from drinking water access to extreme heat - and specific health impacts in their communities. The virtual session featured climate and health perspectives shared directly from the frontlines in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, and beyond. Health staff described their struggles to treat and protect patients amidst these mounting climate challenges.The discussion then shifted to exploring potential solutions, with speakers weighing in on “What can you do as a health professional?” and “What do you want your country and global partners to do?”If you’re interested to hear these urgent firsthand testimonies on dealing with climate change impacts from dedicated health workers worldwide, then be sure to watch the full climate and health session video from Teach to Reach 9.There is a lot more to learn from health workers about the impact of climate on health.Join the #COP28 event “From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate change https://www.learning.foundation/climate
Join this new edition of Insights Live to discover what we learned at Teach to Reach 9, the world’s largest networking event held on 13 October 2023, with 17,662 participating.Request your invitation to the next edition of Teach to Reach: Connecthttps://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachSee all Teach to Reach lessonshttps://zenodo.org/communities/teachtoreachTopics explored at Teach to Reach 9 include: Zero-dose children in urban settings Measles outbreak response HPV vaccination Manifesto for global health Neglected needs of women’s health Climate change and healthPoor connectivity? Get the podcasthttps://www.learning.foundation/podcastTeach to Reach 9 aims to contribute to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and to the Manifesto for Global Health.Subscribe to the Geneva Learning Foundation’s global health insights newsletterhttps://www.learning.foundation/loop
“If health workers do not share their challenges and solutions, we are bound to fail.”Most significant learning that contributes to improved performance takes place outside of formal training.It occurs through informal and incidental forms of learning between peers.Effective use of peer learning requires realizing how much we can learn from each other (peer learning), experiencing the power of defying distance to solve problems together (remote learning), and feeling a growing sense of belonging to a community (social learning), emergent across country borders and health system levels (networked learning).At the ASTMH annual meeting Symposium organized by Julie Jacobson, two TGLF Alumnae, María Monzón from Argentina and Ruth Allotey from Ghana, will be sharing their analyses and reflections of how they turned peer learning into action, results, and impact.In his presentation, Reda Sadki, president of The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), will explore:1. What do we need to understand about digital learning?2. Networked learning: rethinking learning architecture in the Digital Age3. Social learning: peer learning is about making human connections4. Practical examples of TGLF peer learning systems for WHO, Wellcome, UNICEF, and Bridges to Development that connect learning to change, results, and impact.6. Emergent peer learning systems driven by local practitioner and community needs and priorities.Join this #TropMed23 Peer Learning symposium on Day 2 of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).#GlobalHealth #PeerLearning #SocialLearning #NetworkedLearningSome background reading…Pandemic preparedness through connected transnational digital networks of local actorshttps://redasadki.me/2022/10/13/epidemic-preparedness-through-connected-transnational-digital-networks-of-local-actors/Reinventing the path from knowledge to action in global healthhttps://redasadki.me/2022/10/12/reinventing-the-path-from-knowledge-to-action-in-global-health/Metaphors of global health: jazz improvisation ensemble or classical orchestra?https://redasadki.me/2023/04/06/metaphors-of-global-health-jazz-improvisation-ensemble-or-classical-orchestra/Credible knowershttps://redasadki.me/2023/03/21/credible-knowers/What is a “rubric” and why use rubrics in global health education?https://redasadki.me/2022/10/16/what-is-a-rubric-and-why-use-them-in-global-health-education/Which is better for global health: online, blended, or face-to-face learning?https://redasadki.me/2022/09/29/which-is-better-for-global-health-online-blended-or-face-to-face-learning/
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reachhttps://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachHere’s a summary of the Teach to Reach 9 plenary sessions:1. Opening ceremony: The Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective will open the event. Share experience around HPV vaccination successes, challenges and lessons learned.Every year, around 600,000 women and 70,000 men are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers, resulting in 340,000 deaths.Many countries are launching or relaunching vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV).Learn more about Women Who Deliver Vaccineshttps://www.learning.foundation/iwdThis Ceremony builds on sharing at Teach to Reach 8. You are invited to view previous sessions on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/c/TheGenevaLearningFoundation?sub_confirmation=1Teach to Reach 8: Why HPV matters for women who deliver vaccineshttps://youtu.be/mDB1vnT6ajc2. Main Plenary: Impact of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. Responding to measles outbreaks. Presentation of version 2.0 of the Manifesto for Health.This Main Plenary builds on the sharing begun at Teach to Reach 8.Teach to Reach 8: Leaders share their journey from ideas to impacthttps://youtu.be/Sq97xPR4lpsTeach to Reach 8: View the Manifesto version 1.0 presentationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET4StT9vhZY3. Plenary with UNICEF: Sharing experiences to identify and reach “zero-dose” children and under-vaccinated communities in urban areas.We are delighted to announce that UNICEF and The Geneva Learning Foundation are once again joining forces to support Teach to Reach 9.This edition of Teach to Reach is not limited to vaccination.4. Neglected Women’s Health Needs: Testimonies from Health Professionals Fighting Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).In this plenary session, find out how healthcare professionals, working together as a network, are taking action against FGS, a neglected tropical disease that affects around 56 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.Learn more about Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)https://www.learning.foundation/fgsTeach to Reach 6 session on neglected needs of women’s healthhttps://youtube.com/live/zEl2wZ4n9B45. From community to planet: healthcare professionals share their experiences of the effects of climate change on the health of populations.Request access to the Special Event “From community to planet: Health professionals on the frontlines of climate change”.https://www.learning.foundation/climateAs a reminder, here is the information you will need to access Teach to Reach on Friday:Participant’s guide to choose the sessions you will attend.https://learningsi.notion.site/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-Connect-8-bcd6bea5bb5b481fbb2f2d8b17baf5b7?pvs=4If you are unable to join Hopin, you can participate in our Zoom studio using this link.https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uyN5jJy1Ta-kGrg_pqrZuA
How does Teach to Reach work?Before the Opening Ceremony, join us to learn about Teach to Reach (if it's your first time) and to meet up with the first attendees to arrive to interact in the plenary room. We'll answer any questions you have about the event and help you get the most out of the various sessions.View the Teach to Reach 9 Participant’s guidehttps://www.notion.so/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-9-812ccd5e8e70416e8b142539e95bfb50?pvs=4Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?Is this your first time at Teach to Reach? Join us for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify the sessions you’re interested in, how to navigate the event’s platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.As a reminder, here is the information you will need to access Teach to Reach on Friday:1. Register now for Teach to Reach networking and sessions: https://registration.hopin.com/widgets/registration/teachtoreach2. Upon successful registration, you will receive an email containing the “magic link” you will use to access Hopin, the platform where Teach to Reach will take place.3. Review the Participant’s guide to choose the sessions you will attend.https://learningsi.notion.site/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-Connect-8-bcd6bea5bb5b481fbb2f2d8b17baf5b7?pvs=4If you are unable to join Hopin, you can participate in our Zoom studio using this link.https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uyN5jJy1Ta-kGrg_pqrZuA
You are invited to join the Partner checkin and dress rehearsal, one week before of Teach to Reach 9. All previous and current Partners, Guides on the Side, and Guests of Honor are welcome to join!During this checkin, we walk through the Teach to Reach process, and help Partners, Guides on the Side, Guests of Honor, and Contributors understand their specific roles.Immunization topics include: measles, HPV, and zero-dose in urban settings (with UNICEF).Other topics include neglected needs of women’s health (FGS) and local responses to the health effects of climate change.
D-7 Teach to Reach 9: Get ready to learn about measles outbreaks, HPV vaccination, climate change, and neglected needs of women’s health7 days before the world’s largest networked learning event for health professionals, find out what’s on at Teach to Reach 9.Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachWith 7 days to go until October 13, 2023, meet health leaders who will be at Teach to Reach: Connect 9 and discover what we are learning ahead of the event, on questions such as:- How to respond to measles outbreaks?- How to successfully vaccinate against HPV (human papillomavirus)?- How to identify and reach zero-dose children in urban and peri-urban areas (with UNICEF)This edition of Teach to Reach isn’t just about vaccination. Find out how health professionals:- dealing with the health effects of climate change- take action against Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a neglected tropical disease that affects around 56 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.“Learning happens best when people seek answers to their specific daily challenges. Teach to Reach is proof that immunization professionals are hungry to learn, and hungry to share.”–Dr Kate O’Brien and Ephrem T LemangoSince January 2021, successive editions of Teach to Reach have connected 64,705 participants in one-to-one networking sessions and group sessions to share experience.As we work towards achieving the Immunization Agenda 2030 goals, it is crucial to support and empower health professionals at the local level.For health professionals, Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity to:1. Share experience with colleagues from all over the world2. Get help with your toughest challenge3. Get fresh ideas to help you succeed“Uniquely, the Geneva Learning Foundation’s platform and its Teach to Reach events provide a way to link [health professionals] together, so that they can share experiences about what works and equally important, what doesn’t work, while learning from each other.” – Ephrem T Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization, UNICEFFor global partners, Teach to Reach: Connect is an opportunity to:1. connect with a large community, platform, and network of health professionals working on the frontlines, especially in LMICs;2. listen to healthcare workers’ perspectives and responses to local challenges;3. engage in meaningful dialogue with people who deliver vaccines on issues that matter most to them; and4. support women and men on the frontline of service planning and delivery.“While we can provide tools and guidance, we need to do more to empower immunization professionals to identify and solve their own problems, wherever they are working, and whatever those problems are.” – Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO)What can we learn from Teach to Reach: Connect?Follow this link to discover remarkable new insights shared by 14,134 frontline immunization professionals in 89 countries at the last Teach to Reach: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7766585Read the preface by Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO) and Ephrem T. Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization at UNICEFhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-can-we-learn-from-14134-frontline-healthLearn more about peer learning at scalehttps://redasadki.me/2023/09/01/teach-to-reach-peer-learning-at-scale/Find more learning from Teach to ReachGet insights and data from the Teach to Reach open access repositoryhttps://zenodo.org/communities/teachtoreach/?page=1&size=20View previous Teach to Reach sessionshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLti7k0eaN3gQM1Vnie2tjar6rih9FqTfkPoor connectivity? Get the Teach to Reach podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcastTeach to Reach is supported by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and partnersWhat is the Geneva Learning Foundation?One-page answer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316466Full brochure: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7057015
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health professionals.Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn today’s sneak preview, with 28 days remaining until 13 October 2023, discover the key topics and partners for Teach to Reach: Connect 9.“Learning happens best when people seek answers to their specific daily challenges. Teach to Reach is proof that immunization professionals are hungry to learn, and hungry to share.” – Dr Kate O’Brien and Ephrem T LemangoSince January 2021, successive editions of Teach to Reach have connected 64,705 participants in one-to-one networking sessions and group sessions to share experience.As we work towards achieving the Immunization Agenda 2030 goals, it is crucial to support and empower health professionals at the local level.For health professionals, Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity to:1. Share experience with colleagues from all over the world2. Get help with your toughest challenge3. Get fresh ideas to help you succeed“Uniquely, the Geneva Learning Foundation’s platform and its Teach to Reach events provide a way to link [health professionals] together, so that they can share experiences about what works and equally important, what doesn’t work, while learning from each other.” – Ephrem T Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization, UNICEFFor global partners, Teach to Reach: Connect is an opportunity to:1. connect with a large community, platform, and network of health professionals working on the frontlines, especially in LMICs;2. listen to healthcare workers’ perspectives and responses to local challenges;3. engage in meaningful dialogue with people who deliver vaccines on issues that matter most to them; and4. support women and men on the frontline of service planning and delivery.“While we can provide tools and guidance, we need to do more to empower immunization professionals to identify and solve their own problems, wherever they are working, and whatever those problems are.” – Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO)What can we learn from Teach to Reach: Connect?Follow this link to discover remarkable new insights shared by 14,134 frontline immunization professionals in 89 countries at the last Teach to Reach: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7766585Read the preface by Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of the Department for Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO) and Ephrem T. Lemango, Associate Director of Immunization at UNICEFhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-can-we-learn-from-14134-frontline-healthLearn more about peer learning at scalehttps://redasadki.me/2023/09/01/teach-to-reach-peer-learning-at-scale/Find more learning from Teach to ReachGet insights and data from the Teach to Reach open access repositoryhttps://zenodo.org/communities/teachtoreach/?page=1&size=20View previous Teach to Reach sessionshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLti7k0eaN3gQM1Vnie2tjar6rih9FqTfkPoor connectivity? Get the Teach to Reach podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcastTeach to Reach is supported by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and partnersWhat is the Geneva Learning Foundation?One-page answer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316466Full brochure: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7057015
ZDLH Insights Live is a rapid, fast-paced discussion of what we learned from the zero-dose experiences of Bangladesh and Mali in the first ZDLH-X 1 inter-country peer learning event on 31 May 2023, organized by the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) and facilitated by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF).We will share highlights and key learning points, and invite participating zero-dose practitioners from Bangladesh, Mali, and other countries to reflect on what they learned from the inaugural May 2023 exchange.Watch the ZDLH-X 1 inter-country peer learning eventEnglish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgQfHwRTc6UEn français: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEfpzZW8ipUWhat is ZDLH-X and why does it matter?The ZDLH-X 1 event held on 31 May 2023 by the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) was a breakthrough online peer learning exchange focused on sharing experiences and insights related to identifying and reaching zero-dose children and missed communities.The event was organized by Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) initiative using The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF)’s innovative peer learning methodologies. It brought together nearly 2000 immunization practitioners from 84 countries, with a focus on Bangladesh and Mali.What can we learn from ZDLH-X?It provided a unique opportunity for frontline health workers and immunization staff at sub-national levels to directly share their challenges, successes, and innovations related to addressing zero-dose issues.Participants could contribute before, during and after the event - sharing experiences, learning from peers, and reflecting on how to apply insights in their own context.What is different about ZDLH-X?The interactive format encouraged direct exchanges between peers rather than passive learning, which is more impactful based on learning science. Facilitators and experts played a supporting role.Over 600 experiences and insights were shared related to identifying hard-to-reach populations, community engagement, service delivery strategies, dealing with conflict, vaccine hesitancy and more.84% of participants from Bangladesh and Mali said the event changed them as a professional and 69% said it helped their practice.Key innovations that made it a breakthrough:- Leveraging digital platforms to connect a community of practitioners across hierarchy, geographies and languages.- Fostering peer-to-peer exchange as co-learners focused on a shared goal.- Building on experiences before and after the live event as part of a learning continuum.- Primarily sub-national participants sharing field innovations rarely heard at international events.- Facilitating local networking and empowering practitioners to lead change.
Ceremony to welcome the first Alumni Ambassadors of The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) from Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and UgandaWe are thrilled to announce the induction ceremony for the first Alumni Ambassadors of The Geneva Learning Foundation for Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda.Ambassadors are Alumni selected by The Geneva Learning Foundation on the basis of their diligence and commitment in support of the Foundation’s mission of education as a philosophy for change.The core of TGLF’s philosophy is that education is a powerful philosophy for change.You are invited to join us to meet the new Ambassadors and hear first-hand about how they are making a difference.This is a landmark event in our continuous journey towards leveraging education as a catalyst for transformative change.The newly-appointed ambassadors will be entrusted with:1. Extending invitations to TGLF’s myriad activities and projects.Presenting and elucidating the core values, purpose, and advantages of TGLF, its activities, and its undertakings to fellow health professionals and partners.2. Ensuring the active engagement of national teams, partners, and other country stakeholders in TGLF’s education and change programmes.3. Ambassadors will uphold the highest standards of behavior and integrity, always acting in the best interest of the Foundation.Their initial appointment is followed by a formal confirmation for a period of two years.For additional information and the list of TGLF Ambassadors, interested parties can visit: https://www.learning.foundation/ambassadorsLearn more about The Geneva Learning Foundation https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316466
Climate and health: An introduction to citizen scienceLearn more: https://www.learning.foundation/climateHealth professionals concerned about climate and health are invited to this follow-up session presented by leading advocates of citizen science. Following the climate and health special event, this session aims to better understand and explore how observations of climate and change made by health professionals and communities contribute to the science of climate and health.The session is intended for any health professional, from community health workers to public health specialists, seeking to enhance their roles as pivotal actors in understanding and combating the effects of climate change on health.During this session, we will introduce and unpack the Citizen Science methodology—a model that synergizes the effort of academic researchers with citizen scientists, resulting in solutions that make real, tangible differences. Grounded in the experience of PROCOL Lebanon and the RELIEF Centre, we will explore how Citizen Science can enhance data collection, analysis, and the design and implementation of interventions for improved community health.Our goal is not only to inspire projects to employ the Citizen Science methodology but also to cultivate a deeper understanding of how health professionals can leverage this approach to enrich their work and their impact on the communities they serve. With Citizen Science, we can go beyond observations and translate our collective knowledge into meaningful, contextually sensitive interventions.By participating in this session, you will become a part of a dynamic global dialogue shaping the strategies to combat climate change’s impact on health. Your contribution will help lay the path to a healthier, more resilient future.
Insights Live #7: Early learning from Teach to Reach 8 on cholera, cervical cancer, humanitarian crisesJoin this new edition of Insights Live to discuss the experiences shared at Teach to Reach 8, the world’s largest networking event for health professionals held on June 16, 2023 with 16,835 participating.See the experiences shared ahead of Teach to Reach 8https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8074794Request your invitation to the next edition of Teach to Reach: Connecthttps://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachSee all Teach to Reach lessonshttps://zenodo.org/communities/teachtoreachTopics explored at Teach to Reach 8 include: Why do you work in healthcare? (479 contributions) Vaccination in a humanitarian context (271 contributions) Experiences with HPV vaccination (210 contributions) Use of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) during cholera outbreaks (108 contributions) The future of healthcare work (84 contributions) How has your work been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (42 contributions) How experience sharing can help you in your day-to-day work (40 contributions) What will help you build and maintain trust with the people you serve? (36 contributions)* How have digital technologies been integrated into your daily work? (35 contributions)Teach to Reach 8 aims to contribute to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and to the Manifesto for Global Health.Read and respond to the first open-source Manifesto for global healthhttps://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4Subscribe to the Geneva Learning Foundation Research Unit newsletterhttps://www.learning.foundation/loop
Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (#IA2030): Leaders share their journey from ideas to impact at Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023Let’s go back in time to the 7th of March 2022.And many of you in the room, attending In Teach To Reach 8 today, in our Zoom studio, know that was the date when you joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).Now, this was a four-month learning cycle in which you worked intensively together to do a number of things, starting by sharing ideas and practices and figuring out what the ideas and practices of others meant to you.Moving on to situation analysis, diagnosing the root cause of an immunization challenge that you face where you work, in your facility, in your district, in your region, in your country, if you work at the national level.Moving on to then mapping out corrective actions.This was in May 2022.Over a thousand members of the Movement for IA 2030 developed action plans.These action plans were finalized on the 17th of June, 2022 at Teach to Reach 6.Here we are now, over a year later.And we’re going to hear in this next segment, what have leaders of the Movement achieved? How has it turned out? Has it actually made a difference? These are the kinds of questions that we want to explore now.Before we do, we’re pleased to share the first three IA 2030 Movement implementation case studies. You’re going to see three faces of leaders that you may or may not know, starting with Wasnam Faye from Senegal, Last night, a midwife in Senegal was sent off, shipped off, to run a health post in rural Senegal with little experience of immunization and country backup.And she says it was a colleague, a fellow scholar, a fellow leader of the Movement for IA2030, who showed her how to keep an immunization registry, who showed her the basics of running her facility.With the support of that scholar and other leaders, she’s been able to take the Penta 3 coverage from 8% when she arrived to more than 80%.Think about it.And she says that many of the ideas that she used came from the Movement and from Teach to Reach.For example, she introduced vaccine angels as community liaison points, so peer educators, caregivers, who function as peer educators.And that idea she first heard at Teach to Reach.The second case study of IA2030 implementation is that of Frank Monga, District Medical Officer in Lumumbashi.Now he’s been participating in the TGLF network. He introduced a token scheme to catch up on zero-dose children in the DRC. He was selected in July 2019 to lead the national network in the country and this network has grown to the point where the Ministry of Health, the national planners attend the meetings led by Frank and his peers because it is an incredibly useful way to get information from all over the country.Think about it.These are achievements of leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.Our Movement is global.And so the third case study is Maréa Fernanda Monzón, who runs a primary health care center in Corrientes, Argentina.And she’s focused on enhancing coverage in a nearby slum area where the population is not motivated to seek immunization services.These three case studies are available now.We share the links with all Teach for Each participants.Go, you may be inspired, you may find useful ideas and practices that you can use in your implementation.We’re now going to turn to some of the implementers, some of the leaders of IA 2030 who have been working for more than a year now on their implementing their action plans.We’ve recently asked them to share an acceleration report, what we call Acceleration to Impact, in which we asked them to update us on how their implementation is going.And for those of you who are new to the Movement, who have not joined yet this Movement for immunization agenda 2030, the world’s strategy adopted unanimously at the World Health Assembly in 2020.Well, you’re going to receive the invitation as a Teach to Reach participant to join this Movement and also develop your own IA 2030 action plan, begin thinking through that process from learning to action to results ultimately to impact.
Frontline health professionals discuss the open-source Manifesto for global health at Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023On June 7th, 2023, The Double Loop published version 1.0 of An open-source manifesto for global health and called for Leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) to contribute their insights to develop a community-owned version 2.0. The response has been overwhelming.In this plenary session, hear insights from frontline health professionals who discussed this Manifesto at Teach to Reach 8, the global networking event connecting over 16,000 immunization and other primary health care staff from more than 80 countries.Read the Manifesto… https://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4Learn more: Why an open-source manifesto for global health?https://redasadki.me/2023/06/09/why-an-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health/Today, we share an open-source Manifesto for how health services could develop in ways that we think would make them more effective, recognizing health workers and communities – and the expertise and experience they hold because they are “there every day” – at the centre of public health systems.No vision or strategy can or should be developed as a pronouncement by a single organization of how things should be.This Manifesto is an open-source draft because, in today’s complex world, we tackle challenges that no one country or organization can possibly overcome alone.For such a manifesto to be meaningful requires the participation, and contribution of those on the frontlines of global health, in dialogue with global, regional, and country leaders.This is why we are inviting you – along with more than 10,000 members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030 – to bring to life and shape this Manifesto.
In this session, AFENET will introduce the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) and the Nigeria Country Learning Hub to Teach to Reach participants.
Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023Opening Ceremony: Women Who Deliver VaccinesTeach to Reach 8 was opened by the Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective, who shared their experience of HPV vaccine introduction to help prevent 340,000 deaths from cervical cancer.Listen to the voices of Women Who Deliver Vaccines explain why HPV vaccine mattersLearn more about Women Who Deliver Vaccineshttps://www.learning.foundation/iwd16,835 health professionals from the frontlines of immunization and primary health care (PHC) are using the power of peer learning to tackle their local challenges through the Teach to Reach global learning-to-action network.The live event was held on Friday 16 June 2023, focused on one-to-one networking between participants.Friday’s live event was powerful. However, this live learning moment was just one step of Teach to Reach.
Opening Ceremony: Women Who Deliver VaccinesThe Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective will open Teach to Reach 8, sharing their experience of HPV vaccination.Learn more about Women Who Deliver Vaccineshttps://www.learning.foundation/iwdThe Open Source Manifesto for Global Health will be launched in the Plenary session, before Teach to Reach participants start networking.Read the Manifestohttps://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4The global immunization community is now focused on “the big catch-up”, dealing with recovery of immunization services from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, as countries – and immunization staff on the frontlines – work toward the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).Today, we share an open-source Manifesto for how health services could develop in ways that we think would make them more effective, recognizing health workers and communities – and the expertise and experience they hold because they are “there every day” – at the centre of public health systems.Learn more about the Manifestohttps://redasadki.me/2023/06/09/why-an-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health/Teach to Reach participants will share experiences around the Manifesto: How has your work been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? How has sharing experience with colleagues who are facing challenges like yours helped you in your daily work? What will health system transformation look like where you work? How has the digital revolution affected your work?Then, Leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) will share their success stories, one year after the launch of the Movement, as well as lessons learned and remaining challenges.Then, we will discuss the following themes: Why do we work for health? What is the future of health? What is your greatest challenge to successful vaccination?We'll also listen to experiences around specific questions: What have you done to make HPV vaccination a success? What's the most difficult thing about vaccination in a humanitarian context? Have you used oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in response to a cholera outbreak?
Warm-up for Teach to Reach: Connect 8 and Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?Before the Opening Ceremony, join us to learn about Teach to Reach (if it's your first time) and to meet up with the first attendees to arrive to interact in the plenary room. We'll answer any questions you have about the event and help you get the most out of the various sessions.Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?Is this your first time at Teach to Reach? Join us for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify the sessions you’re interested in, how to navigate the event’s platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.As a reminder, here is the information you will need to access Teach to Reach on Friday:1. Register now for Teach to Reach networking and sessions: https://registration.hopin.com/widgets/registration/teachtoreach2. Upon successful registration, you will receive an email containing the “magic link” you will use to access Hopin, the platform where Teach to Reach will take place.3. Review the Participant’s guide to choose the sessions you will attend.https://learningsi.notion.site/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-Connect-8-bcd6bea5bb5b481fbb2f2d8b17baf5b7?pvs=4If you are unable to join Hopin, you can participate in our Zoom studio using this link.https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L4X0qjbOQLGlCiRIJKhCNg
Join over 8,000 frontline immunization staff from all over the world on Monday to celebrate World Immunization Week 2023Request your personal invitation https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-weekThis Special Event is held under the banner of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), the world’s strategy to achieve a world where everyone, everywhere fully benefits from vaccines for good health and well-being.During World Immunization Week, Movement Leaders took photos and shared stories of their daily work to ensure every child, every family, is protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.At the Special Event, hosted by the Geneva Learning Foundation, we will hear first-hand stories from the frontlines of vaccination and present the Second International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030.View the latest World Immunization Week photos on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thegenevalearningfoundation/View the latest World Immunization Week photos on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/geneva-learning-foundation/posts/?feedView=allView the latest World Immunization Week photos on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/DigitalScholar/View the latest World Immunization Week photos on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=DigitalScholarXGet the IA2030 Listening and learning report 2. It takes people to make #VaccinesWork, featuring the photography of immunization staff from all over the world https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010196Watch the World Immunization Week 2022 Special Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UTHUhJhE_Q&t=110sDid you miss it? Watch the 1st International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM36F0A-kfw
Insights Live #6: Learning about COVID-19 recovery, interpersonal communication, and gender in the Movement for Immmunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)Insights Live is the Geneva Learning Foundation’s event series in which we share what we are learning through the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), reaching, as of December 2022, over 48,000 health professionals.Become an Insights Member to receive the full slide deck synthesizing 1000+ insights on key topicshttps://www.learning.foundation/insightsRequest your invitation to Teach to Reach: Connect 8https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachIn this edition of Insights Live, we focus on what we learned during Teach to Reach: Connect 7, the world’s largest networking event for health professionals.UNICEF was the main global partner for this edition and contributed its Interpersonal Communication (IPC) Guide, which was sent to all registered participants. Women Who Deliver Vaccines, a self-organized collective of 143 health professionals from 38 countries, opened the event.Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/iwdTopics explored at Teach to Reach 7 include:1. Interpersonal communication: What have you changed since 2020 in how you speak with caregivers and the community about vaccines?2. Build back better: How are you responding and what support do you need as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels the largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades and 25 million infants missed out on lifesaving vaccines in 2021?3. Gender: What actions are you taking as a man to support women who work in immunization and why?Teach to Reach 7’s overarching theme was to explore local practitioner responses to the continued “backsliding” in vaccination coverage reported by UNICEF and WHO in July 2022, beginning an exploration of what “build back better” means at the local level. Networking and plenary sessions had a particular focus on (1) use of the TGLF Ideas Engine, a repository of advice, ideas and practices provided by participants on the TGLF learning programme; (2) interpersonal communication and use of the UNICEF guide/toolkit; and (3) use of root cause analysis to identify underlying reasons for low coverage. Plenary sessions focused on: (1) sharing experiences in development and implementation of IA2030 Action Plans; (2) local challenges and building back better post-pandemic; and (3) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These themes, together with three guiding questions , provided a structure for peer learning, although participants remained free to discuss whatever they found meaningful in the main event networking activity which consists of a series of individual, private meetings (“speed dating”) with one other randomly-selected participant each other.14,134 health professionals (7,667 anglophones and 6,467 francophones) participated asynchronously, receiving and responding to event resources such as slide decks, stories, and guidance.Over 2,400 watched the livestreamed plenary session on YouTube and other social media channels.1240 participated in networking sessions: 759 English speakers, 418 French speakers, 53 bilinguals, and 10 global partners. As well as the experiences shared before and during the event itself, further information was gathered in post-event feedback, which was provided by 1,024 participants, with 584 of them additionally sharing a success story, lesson learned or challenge.Become an Insights Member to discover how ideas and practices are being shared across health system levels and geographic borders – and get access to the Ideas Engine for your own needsLEARN MORE ABOUT TGLF INSIGHTShttps://www.learning.foundation/insights
On Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, December 12, join immunization and Primary Health Care (PHC) professionals from health facilities, districts, and national and global teams in a special event to learn how, together, we are mutually strengthening immunization and PHC.Learn more & request your invitationhttps://www.learning.foundation/uhcUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) lifts people out of poverty, promotes the well-being of families and communities, protects against public health crises, and moves us toward Health for All.Immunization is a critical component of primary health care (PHC) and offers a clear entry point for multisectoral efforts to strengthen PHC and UHC.During this Special Event, the IA2030 Working Group on Strategic Priority 1 (SP1, Immunization Programmes for Primary Health Care and Universal Health Coverage) will launch the Immunization for PHC: Framework for Action that provides examples of good practices from a range of countries and practical actions that immunization and PHC professionals at all levels of the health system can take.
Commitment and demand for vaccination: Presentation of Action Plans for IA2030 Strategic Priority 2 by learners in the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification course on commitment and demand for vaccination
WHO Scholar Level 1 certification course on commitment and demand for vaccination https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-1-certification-on-commitment-and-demand-for-vaccination
Increasing and maintaining vaccination uptake is vital for vaccines to achieve their success. For this reason, commitment and demand are a strategic priority for the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). This means that immunization is valued and actively sought by all people, and health authorities commit to ensuring that immunization is available as a key contributor to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right.
The course content will focus on (1) what drives uptake of vaccines (2) practical steps and available tools to improve demand and equitable uptake of vaccines. This course will support participants to operationalize SP2 through the application of tools and strategies that are grounded in the IA2030 core principles: people-centered, country-owned, partnership-based, and data-guided.
Participants will walk away from this introductory course with a clear and actionable plan for improving demand and equitable vaccine coverage using the approaches outlined in the course content.
Opening Ceremony: How do we build back better
The Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collectives (WWDV) will open this Ceremony. Men will testify of the concrete actions they are taking in solidarity with women colleagues who work in immunization. https://www.learning.foundation/iwd
During the summer, the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) grew to over 10,000 members. At Teach to Reach, Movement implementers from national teams, districts, and health facilities will report on their progress in tackling their most difficult challenges using their local resources and capacities.
Listen to local practitioners share how they are taking action to recover immunization services and build back better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvgZX-ZKoe0
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Working together, IA2030 Movement practitioners from 99 countries produced in just four months over half a million data points. Grounded in their local experience and expertise, this massive volume of information has been synthesized into practical knowledge and insights about “what works” to build back better. These constitute new community-based learning resources being used by local practitioners that could also inform country, regional, and global stakeholders.
See what we learned from Teach to Reach 6 in June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXr64AAmUt8
Both recovery and future preparedness depend on the resilience of local communities, health professionals working at the local levels. We call on global partners, especially the architects of future pandemic preparedness, to take the time to listen to and learn with health professionals from the frontlines.
Watch our interview with Kate O’Brien, WHO’s Director of Immunization: Should global partners pay more attention, listen more intently… and, if so, how? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCB20y49hBI
MAIN PLENARY: We are stronger together, health professionals and communities
Before going on to meet other participants individually in the "networking" session, this Main Plenary will give you an understanding of the three themes of Teach to Reach: Connect 7:
Networking Session 1: Idea Engine. Share an idea or practice that can improve immunization outcomes.
Networking Session 2: Interpersonal Communication (IPC). Share your challenges and successes in communicating with caregivers and communities. Download the UNICEF manual on IPC…
Networking Session 3: Root cause analysis. In the face of declining immunization outcomes around the world, how do you find the root causes of the challenges you face?
You will listen to colleagues share their experience to build back better to prepare for the next pandemic, explain how they identified root causes that helped them focus their efforts to lead change, and explore how to improve communication with caregivers and communities.
You will meet the “Guides on the Side” for this Teach to Reach: Connect 7, in partnership with UNICEF: Charles Kakaire, Gloria Lihemo (francophone) and Deepa Risal Pokharel. As we listen and learn together, the Guides will share feedback and insights, as well as practical tips, tools, and other resources developed by global immunization partners.
Warm-up for Teach to Reach: Connect 7 (pre-session)
Before the Opening Ceremony, join us to learn about Teach to Reach (if it's your first time) and to meet up with the first attendees to arrive to interact in the plenary room. We'll answer any questions you have about the event and help you get the most out of the various sessions.
Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?
Is this your first time at Teach to Reach? Join us for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify the sessions you’re interested in, how to navigate the event’s platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.
As a reminder, here is the information you will need to access Teach to Reach on Friday:
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Register now for Teach to Reach networking and sessions: https://registration.hopin.com/widgets/registration/teachtoreach
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Upon successful registration, you will receive an email containing the “magic link” you will use to access Hopin, the platform where Teach to Reach will take place.
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Review the Participant’s guide to choose the sessions you will attend. https://learningsi.notion.site/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-Connect-7-6470c3d1160f4d49847d15848f028e14
If you are unable to join Hopin, you can participate in our Zoom studio using this link. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/89630346813
Join this sneak preview for an overview of Teach to Reach: Connect 7 on 14 October 2022.
Request your invitation for Friday’s event https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Thousands of health professionals from facilities, districts, and national teams in 137 countries have joined in the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Join us on 14 October for Teach to Reach: Connect 7, where we meet, network, and learn to solve complex challenges together.
Here are just 5 questions for which Teach to Reach practitioners have identified local solutions in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, and Malawi:
What works to increase the uptake of pentavalent, measles/rubella, and Rotavirus vaccines?
How do you control measles in ways that strengthen routine immunization services?
How do you get private health facilities to engage in immunization services?
How do you investigate a cVDPV outbreak and use the findings to control the outbreak?
How do you support women’s role in the community to strengthen vaccine confidence?
See what we learned from the previous Teach to Reach: Connect 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXr64AAmUt8&t=111s
Note: The image was generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI), based on related keywords. The Geneva Learning Foundation is exploring the use of AI to support education and health communication.
Insights Live is the Geneva Learning Foundation’s event series in which we share what we are learning through the Foundation’s fast-growing global network reaching, as of July 2022, over 45,000 health professionals.
Become an Insights Member to receive the full slide deck with 100+ insights on these topics https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Request your invitation to Teach to Reach: Connect 7 https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
In this edition of Insights Live, we focus on what we learned during Teach to Reach: Connect 6, the world’s largest networking event for health professionals, about three key topics:
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How we build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines
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Listening and learning from the experience of women and men who are challenging gender barriers in immunization
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Neglected needs of women’s health: Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)
Become an Insights Member to discover how ideas and practices are being shared across health system levels and geographic borders – and get access to the Ideas Engine for your own needs https://www.learning.foundation/insights
LEARN MORE ABOUT TGLF INSIGHTS
We need fresh insights to support those leading change in districts, health facilities, and communities.
As a global community, we recognize the significance of local action to achieve the global goals.
“The lessons and learning are coming from people who are working in the community. That is where vaccination actually happens. We need to be focusing on the most local level of the immunization programme.” – Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization (WHO)
WHY IS THE GENEVA LEARNING FOUNDATION SHARING INSIGHTS?
The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) hosts the largest and fastest-growing community of national and sub-national immunization professionals, with over 40,000 active participants from over 120 countries, as of May 2021. 80% of members are sub-national immunization staff, with strong support and linkage to national teams.
We realized that the valuable multi-country knowledge shared in our programmes should be regularly given back to the community, and that it could also inform our partners in identifying real-time priorities and opportunities and formulating strategies.
The Insights Unit is the Foundation’s research and analysis group. We systematically consolidate and communicate the contributions of learners in the Foundation’s programmes to share back to participants, governments, civil society and development partners.
To synthesize and spread insights, we work in partnership with Bridges to Development, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and other partners.
Learn more about TGLF Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
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Are you concerned about the neglected needs of women’s health? Do you know about Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)?
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health problems in sub-Saharan Africa, with approximately 56 million women and girls infected.
In May and June 2021, over 300 health care professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the FAST package workshop on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) led by Bridges to Development in partnership with the Geneva Learning Foundation.
This global, fully-digital community has blossomed into a nascent movement connecting more than 5,000 health care professionals with a shared interest in tackling FGS.
In this Experience Sharing event, you will hear from these practitioners about their successes, lessons learned and challenges.
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with colleagues from endemic countries who are taking steps to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS. Join us to share experience and listen to remarkable success stories, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges.
Learn more about the Movement to tackle Female Genitale Schistosomiasis (FGS) https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
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What are women and men health professionals in districts and health facilities doing in practice to overcome gender barriers in immunization?
Following the Special Event on March 4, 2022, the Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collective invites men and women to join Teach to Reach: Connect to share experience.
This time, the Collective has collaborated with Gavi's Zero Dose Community and the IA2030 Coverage and Equity Working Group (Strategic Priority 3). Gender and immunization global partners (UNICEF, WHO, Gavi) will be present as “Guides on the Side”.
View the 1st Women Who Deliver Vaccines Special Event (March 4, 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAjyZlgMKPI
Learn more about the Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collective https://www.learning.foundation/iwd
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
Poor connectivity? Listen to this session in our podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
What strategies are really helping health professionals in the field build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine?
We are pleased to invite you to a Special Event at Teach to Reach: Connect in partnership with UNICEF, ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event.
Are you working to improve demand for COVID-19 vaccine?
Join us at Teach to Reach: Connect to hear first hand from health professionals who will share their experience of ‘what works’ to strengthen demand and uptake of COVID-19 vaccine.
GET THE NEW INSIGHTS REPORT Overcoming barriers to vaccine acceptance in the community: Key learning from the experiences of 734 frontline health workers.
On 17th June at Teach to Reach Connect: 6, The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit launched its new report: Overcoming barriers to vaccine acceptance in the community: Key learning from the experiences of 734 frontline health workers.
The report analyses 734 case studies developed by frontline health workers in November 2020 as part of the COVID-19 Peer Hub, a peer learning exercise led by The Geneva Learning Foundation.
Subscribe to our Insights to receive this Report https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
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Are you committed to ensuring every child and every family – men, women, boys, and girls – are protected from vaccine-preventable diseases?
On March 7, 2022, more than 6,000 health professionals joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).Members have forged strong bonds through intense collaboration, reflection, and action.
Join us in celebrating the first tangible results achieved by Movement Leaders.
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
Poor connectivity? Listen to this session in our podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Is this the first time that you are joining Teach to Reach: Connect?
Join this session for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify sessions that interest you, how to navigate the event platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.
“Peer learning is the key to success. And networking is the key to peer learning.” – A Participant of Teach to Reach: Connect 1
Each edition has 2 tracks: * three networking sessions: meet one-on-one with colleagues from all over the world and discuss key issues important to your work; * plenaries and concurrent sessions: share stories, present insights and dialogue with global stakeholders
Which networking session are you most interested in - and what will you share with your colleagues?
Networking session 1: How I overcame challenges to improve health care in my community Networking Session 2: What I am doing to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccination Networking Session 3: How I am challenging gender barriers in health care
Which plenary session are you most interested in and why?
PLENARY 1. How we build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines PLENARY 2. Listening and learning from the experience of women and men who are challenging gender barriers in immunization PLENARY 3. Neglected needs of women’s health: Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) Experience Sharing
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
Highlights of the Teach to Reach: Connect 6 Opening Ceremony on 17 June 2022 * Slide show: First Immunization Agenda 2030 Global Photo Exhibit * Practical tutorial: How to navigate Teach to Reach: Connect * Celebrating the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030
After fourteen weeks, the Movement closes this Friday the 1st IA2030 Full learning Cycle (FLC), in which Members forged strong bonds through collaboration, reflection, and action.
Join us in celebrating the first tangible results achieved by Movement Leaders.
Your personal invitation to the first Immunization Agenda 2030 Global Photo Exhibit
Join this plenary session for the first viewing of the Exhibit.
Click here to view the Exhibit. And please follow and share. https://www.instagram.com/thegenevalearningfoundation/
New photos are being added.
What does it take to reach the nearly 14 million ‘zero-dose’ children still at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases?
Discover how health workers on the frontlines make #VaccinesWork to protect families – men, women, girls, and boys – from disease and death.
Every photo has been submitted by a Member of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 ‘laser focused’ on reaching the millions of ‘zero dose’ children left behind.
Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history with wider benefits that accrue across a lifetime.
It takes people to make them work.
Learn more about Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
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In this workshop, learn how you can become a Contributor, Reviewer, or Co-Author of new knowledge produced by the IA2030 Movement by collaborating with TGLF’s Insights Unit.
Since March 2022, over 8,000 health professionals have joined the Movement for IA2030. Working together, we have shared ideas and practices and produced situation analyses, case studies, and action plans.
For example, specific case studies are being developed about reaching Zero Dose, overcoming gender barriers, and how to motivate health staff.
In this workshop, join Ian Jones and Ian Steed from the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit to explore:
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What is the Insights Unit doing with knowledge produced by Members of the IA2030 Movement and why?
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How is this new knowledge being used in the context of consultative engagement with global IA2030 Working Groups? How is this new knowledge being put to use by countries and by Members of the IA2030 Movement?
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What are the case studies and learning reports already produced by the Insights Unit? What new case studies are currently in development?
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How can IA2030 Movement Members review, input, and contribute to the new case studies?
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest networking event for health care professionnals, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
Poor connectivity? Listen to this session in our podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
Special Session: How to improve program outcomes faster with Responsive Feedback
Planned social change programs such as public health interventions have made significant contributions to enhancing population health. Despite this track record, there has been increasing scrutiny of current approaches.
Confronted with the reality of unequal outcomes and societal changes that minimize the impact of interventions, Responsive Feedback (RF) provides an alternative approach.
This Special Session, led by Dr Rachel F McCloud (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) and Dr Mohammed Liman (Development Outcomes Nigeria), will introduce RF for health professionals and invite participants to join the first self-guided online learning module about Responsive Feedback, developed by the Geneva Learning Foundation in partnership with The Curve, a consortium formed by M&C Saatchi World Services, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Development Outcomes Nigeria, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Learn more about Responsive Feedback https://www.learning.foundation/responsive-feedback
Learn more about Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn more about The Curve https://the-curve.org
This is the recording of a live session held on 17 June 2022 at Teach to Reach: Connect 6.
Request your invitation #TeachToReach #VaccinesWork https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
View the detailed event programme https://hopin.com/events/teachtoreach#schedule
PLENARY 1. How we build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines Friday 17 June 15:00 – 16:00 (CEST)
Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/BY13896515
What strategies are really helping health professionals in the field build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine?
What strategies are really helping health professionals in the field build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine?
We are pleased to invite you to a Special Event at Teach to Reach: Connect in partnership with UNICEF, ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event.
Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Teach to Reach: Connect is the world’s largest network of immunization and other Primary Health Care (PHC) managers, connecting over 45,000 people working at all levels of the health system.
Are you working to improve demand for COVID-19 vaccine?
Join us at Teach to Reach: Connect to hear first hand from health professionals who will share their experience of ‘what works’ to strengthen demand and uptake of COVID-19 vaccine.
On 17th June at Teach to Reach Connect: 6, The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit will launch its new report: Overcoming barriers to vaccine acceptance in the community: Key learning from the experiences of 734 frontline health workers.
The report analyses 734 case studies developed by frontline health workers in November 2020 as part of the COVID-19 Peer Hub, a peer learning exercise led by The Geneva Learning Foundation.
Subscribe to our Insights to receive this Report https://www.learning.foundation/insights
PLENARY 2. Listening and learning from the experience of women and men who are challenging gender barriers in immunization Friday 17 June 16:00 – 17:00 (CEST)
Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/zE13896553
What are women and men health professionals in districts and health facilities doing in practice to overcome gender barriers in immunization?
Following the Special Event on March 4, 2022, the Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collective invites men and women to join Teach to Reach: Connect to share experience.
Request your invitation #TeachToReach #VaccinesWork https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
View the detailed event programme https://hopin.com/events/teachtoreach#schedule
This time, the Collective has collaborated with Gavi's Zero Dose Community and the IA2030 Coverage and Equity Working Group (Strategic Priority 3). Gender and immunization global partners (UNICEF, WHO, Gavi) will be present as “Guides on the Side”.
View the 1st Women Who Deliver Vaccines Special Event (March 4, 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAjyZlgMKPI
Poor connectivity? Listen to the event on our podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0ZW5ib3guYXBwL2YvNFVkS1dCWmR0MFRv/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4ubGlzdGVuYm94LmFwcC9hL085eGFva2hURUtMLm00YT9zaG93X2lkPTRVZEtXQlpkdDBUbw
Learn more about the Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collective https://www.learning.foundation/iwd
PLENARY 3. Neglected needs of women’s health: Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) Experience Sharing Friday 17 June 17:00 – 18:00 (CEST)
Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/tu13897746
Are you concerned about the neglected needs of women’s health? Do you know about Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)?
Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health problems in sub-Saharan Africa, with approximately 56 million women and girls infected.
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with colleagues from endemic countries who are taking steps to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS. Join us to share experience and listen to remarkable success stories, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges.
Request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
View the full programme https://hopin.com/events/teachtoreach#schedule
In this Experience Sharing event, you will hear from practitioners about their successes, lessons learned and challenges.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
In May and June 2021, over 300 health care professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the FAST package workshop on Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) led by Bridges to Development in partnership with the Geneva Learning Foundation.
This global, digital community has blossomed into a nascent movement connecting more than 5,000 health care professionals with a shared interest in tackling FGS.
Welcome to the Teach to Reach: Connect 6 dress rehearsal.
You should be watching this from the Teach to Reach “Stage”. If you are viewing this on YouTube, please follow the instructions received by email to register for the dress rehearsal in Hopin and join the Stage.
All Teach to Reach participants are welcome to join, especially if they have never attended Teach to Reach before.
The dress rehearsal is especially important to attend if you are a Speaker or Workshop Organization.
Learn more about Teach to Reach: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Do you want to know what works when faced with vaccine hesitancy?
We will share key insights from in-depth qualitative research of 750 peer-reviewed case studies developed by COVID-19 Scholar Peer Hub Scholars from districts and health facilities.
Case study authors will be invited to share how this experience has helped them meet the challenges of COVID-19 vaccine introduction and roll-out.
This research was sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and performed by a specialized qualitative research consultancy firm.
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect, a unique quarterly event to meet, network, and learn with fellow immunization professionals from all over the world https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This fourth edition of Teach to Reach: Connect will focus on Primary Health Care (PHC), the first Strategic Priority (SP1) of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
With Primary Health Care (PHC), we are talking about saving the lives of small children and mothers.
Highlights this Friday
We are pleased to announce the highlights of this edition:
- Meet Dr Folake Olayinka, Chair of the IA2030 SP1 Working Group and USAID Immunization Lead, and colleagues from WHO, UNICEF, and other partners, for the first IA2030 consultation on PHC during COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Watch the IA2030 Hackathon with Dr Folake Olayinka… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U&t=0s
- Learn key lessons and insights from comprehensive research performed on the 750 case studies of vaccine hesitancy developed by Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub.
View the workshop with Heidi Larson… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-djx3tZnb7c&t=245s
- Join us for the Commencement Ceremony during which we will honor the 755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme who joined the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad from 8 November to 3 December 2021.
Learn more about the IA2030 Accelerator… https://youtu.be/J62ZJ3z9mpQ?t=155
The three networking sessions will invite participants to share their experience and discuss various aspects of Primary Health Care. • Networking session 1: Immunization and PHC as we catch-up on routine immunization. • Networking Session 2: Immunization and PHC during rollout of COVID vaccine: can we do it all? • Networking Session 3: Health professional COVID-19 vaccination.
View the event “From COVID-19 to IA2030: Celebrating the first year of digital health collaboration” and leave your feedback in the comments… https://youtu.be/vU_ZNfKMfhg?t=171
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This fourth edition of Teach to Reach: Connect will focus on Primary Health Care (PHC), the first Strategic Priority (SP1) of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
With Primary Health Care (PHC), we are talking about saving the lives of small children and mothers.
Highlights this Friday
We are pleased to announce the highlights of this edition:
- Meet Dr Folake Olayinka, Chair of the IA2030 SP1 Working Group and USAID Immunization Lead, and colleagues from WHO, UNICEF, and other partners, for the first IA2030 consultation on PHC during COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Watch the IA2030 Hackathon with Dr Folake Olayinka… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U
- Learn key lessons and insights from comprehensive research performed on the 750 case studies of vaccine hesitancy developed by Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub.
View the workshop with Heidi Larson… https://youtu.be/-djx3tZnb7c?t=245
- Join us for the Commencement Ceremony during which we will honor the 755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme who joined the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad from 8 November to 3 December 2021.
Learn more about the IA2030 Accelerator… https://youtu.be/J62ZJ3z9mpQ?t=155
The three networking sessions will invite participants to share their experience and discuss various aspects of Primary Health Care. • Networking session 1: Immunization and PHC as we catch-up on routine immunization. • Networking Session 2: Immunization and PHC during rollout of COVID vaccine: can we do it all? • Networking Session 3: Health professional COVID-19 vaccination.
View the event “From COVID-19 to IA2030: Celebrating the first year of digital health collaboration” and leave your feedback in the comments… https://youtu.be/vU_ZNfKMfhg?t=171
Request your invitation to join Teach to Reach: Connect https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
4,454 immunization professionals registered for the third edition of Teach to Reach: Connect, the Geneva Learning Foundation's quarterly networking event.
During this event, participants met in sucsessive one-on-one meetings to discuss three key themes: leadership for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), vaccine equity, and innovation for immunization.
Here is how participants summed up the value of networking: “I work in rural areas of my country and did not meet any outside experts. The community and even medical staff are always asking if these vaccines are also used in the USA and in European countries. After Teach to Reach: Connect, I have evidence to convince any resistant people. This event was amazing to me.”
“Networking brings learning to my doorstep. I would not have acquired this learning without this innovative networking platform.”
“I had the privilege to interact with very highly qualified internationally recognized health professionals. It’s like an opportunity to dine with the crème de la crème of global health.”
Learn more about Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s new Insights Unit collected 1,032 responses from participants. Of these, 364 shared insights and narrative stories in relation to the key themes.
In this excerpt from the Unit’s Insights Live event, we review key learning shared by participants.
View the full Insights Live #1 Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZi93hF69ls
The full report is available exclusively for participants and for TGLF Insights Partners.
Learn more about TGLF’s Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
It's D-Day!
Join us for the 30-minute opening ceremony to get a full understanding of how Teach to Reach: Connect will work, meet the country teams, Teach to Reach Council members, and international partners involved.
Then, join Teach to Reach: Connect at any time during one of three one-hour sessions.
- Networking session 1: Leadership for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)
- Networking session 2: COVID-19 vaccine equity
- Networking session 3: Innovation in immunization
Each session has a suggested theme, but you are free to discuss any issue related to your immunization work.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
It's D-Day!
Join us for the 30-minute opening ceremony to get a full understanding of how Teach to Reach: Connect will work, meet the country teams, Teach to Reach Council members, and international partners involved.
Then, join Teach to Reach: Connect at any time during one of three one-hour sessions.
Networking session 1: Immunization Agenda 2030 Networking session 2: Community engagement and demand Networking session 3: Gender barriers to equality in immunization
Each session has a suggested theme, but you are free to discuss any issue related to your immunization work.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
It's D-Day!
Join us for the opening ceremony to get a full understanding of how Teach to Reach: Connect will work, meet the country teams, Teach to Reach Council members, and international partners involved.
Then, join Teach to Reach: Connect at any time during one of three one-hour sessions.
Networking Session 1: Introduction of COVID-19 vaccine. Networking Session 2: How to improve immunization training. Networking Session 3: Reaching ‘zero-dose’ children who have not received a dose.
Each session has a suggested theme, but you are free to discuss any issue related to your immunization work.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Update from The Geneva Learning Foundation: Immunization Agenda 2030, Teach to Reach: Connect, and COVID-19 vaccine introduction
Are you national or sub-national immunization staff?
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki on Friday for a 15-minute Lightning Chat to:
1) learn more about what the Immunization Agenda 2030 might mean for you
2) discover an amazing new way to connect with immunization colleagues from all over the world
3) hear about challenges being faced in the field of COVID-19 vaccine introduction – and how your colleagues are overcoming them
IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030
Immunization is one of the best health investments money can buy.
Yet despite tremendous progress, far too many people around the world – including nearly 20 million infants each year – have insufficient access to vaccines.
To address these challenges over the next decade, a new global vision and strategy titled ‘Immunization Agenda 2030: A Global Strategy to Leave No One Behind (IA2030)’ has been endorsed by the World Health Assembly.
If you have not yet heard of Immunization Agenda 2030, you will soon.
Join immunization staff from all over the world for a 15-minute launch event for the Teach to Reach global community of action.
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Demonstration of the Teach to Reach global community of action and tutorial to access and use this brand-new digital community platform.
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Presentation of the Certificates of Attendance for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference (26-28 January 2021). (Certificates wil be sent by e-mail after the launch event)
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Share your feedback and ask your questions about the Teach to Reach programme.
Teach to Reach: You won’t believe what happens next
Join us for this Live Event. We will share an exciting opportunity for country-based immunization staff.
After an amazing Teach to Reach Conference, you won’t believe what is coming next.
Following the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference (26-28 January 2021) we did not expect this much enthusiasm and commitment. 7,432 immunization professionals from 115 countries registered. By the end of the three-day conference, many were expressing their readiness for action to transform immunization learning.
This is not only about how to improve immunization training.
It is about imagining a new, transformative agenda for learning and leadership.
Everyone recognizes that existing forms of learning and training will not deliver the results that are needed.
There is a need to go faster than ever before, in order to do better, in a world that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous.
Meet Nigeria's Impact Accelerator and COVID-19 Peer Hub Team, and learn how they are supporting each other to achieve EPI goals.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Meet Cameroon's Impact Accelerator and COVID-19 Peer Hub Team, and learn how they are supporting each other to achieve EPI goals.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Meet India's Impact Accelerator and COVID-19 Peer Hub Team, and learn how they are supporting each other to achieve EPI goals.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Explore strategic approaches to countering misinformation as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic (with the Sabin Vaccine Institute).
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Discover innovative strategies for capacity-building from USAID’s MOMENTUM projects.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Discover how to overcome immunization training and learning challenges from instructional design expert Julie Dirksen.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Meet Ghana's Impact Accelerator and COVID-19 Peer Hub Team, and learn how they are supporting each other to achieve EPI goals.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Meet Pakistan's Impact Accelerator and COVID-19 Peer Hub Team, and learn how they are supporting each other to achieve EPI goals.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join Professors Karen Watkins and Lorilee Sandmann to explore the new ITCH methodology to accelerate problem-solving for immunization training challenges.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Discover how Teach to Reach Alumni have improved immunization training – and what a difference that makes.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join François Gasse and hear how sub-national immunization staff are successfully challenging vaccine hesitancy – and what we can learn from their experience.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join Dr Ann Lindstrand (WHO) and Alan Brooks (Bridges to Development) to discuss Immunization Agenda 2030: the new global strategy and its potential implications for immunization learning and capacity development.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Discover a transformative learning approach to foster intra-country and inter-country collaboration (with the Center for Change and Complexity in Learning). COVID-19 Peer Hub participants will also share how they have kept vaccination going and are preparing for COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Discover first-hand accounts of local learning solutions from the field (with Gavi).
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn more about the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project launched by the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Dalberg Designs and JSI.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn from this discussion on country readiness for COVID-19 vaccine introduction with Dr Ann Lindstrand (WHO): Challenges, resources, support.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn how to build resilient leaders to navigate immunization challenges from the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Adaptive Change Advisors.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to explore how to pivot training during the pandemic.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Meet the WHO team that is preparing new material to support training and capacity-building for countries getting ready to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join Pr. Karen Watkins to explore the learning design that has led to startling outcomes for the Geneva Learning Foundation's programmes.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Learn the latest guidance and recommendations from WHO about Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Explore the capacity-building component of Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) with Gavi.
This session occurred during the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine.
More than 7,000 national and sub-national immunization staff registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event explored how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders who contributed.
For more information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
D-22 COVID-19 vaccine introduction: Teach to Reach Conference Countdown
More than 2,000 immunization staff have already registered for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference hosted by The Geneva Learning Foundation.
Join today's Teach to Reach countdown livestream to learn: - How this conference can help you get ready for COVID-19 vaccine introduction - How to secure your seat at the Conference - How to connect with other Teach to Reach participants from your country and from the global partners
We will also preview preliminary results from the COVID-19 Pulse survey and the Peer Hub's peer learning exercise focused on vaccine hesitancy.
- What we learned about responding vaccine hesitancy from the experience of 700 immunization staff
- What has changed during the pandemic in the last six months – and how immunization staff have adapted
- How frontline health workers can share what they learn – and what difference it makes
- How we can scale up training health workers rapidly and effectively
COVID-19 vaccine introduction: Preliminary announcement of the Teach to Reach Conference
Join us today after the General Assembly of the COVID-19 Peer Hub for the preliminary announcement of an event likely to be relevant to all immunization professionals whose countries are going to introduce a vaccine against COVID-19 Peer Hub.
The introduction of COVID-19 vaccines is an unprecedented challenge, with GAVI having declared that 2 billion doses of vaccine will be distributed by the end of 2021.
How do we train and support the massive number of health professionals needed to meet this challenge?
Will the means and methods used in the past be sufficient?
There is an urgent need to find new ways to connect, learn, and lead if we are to beat the pandemic.
Join us today to get a sneak preview of the special event that will bring together vaccination professionals from around the world for three days, starting on 26 January 2021.
What do senior global immunization leaders have to say about learning and leadership?
On the occasion of the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference, the Geneva Learning Foundation spoke with:
Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Anuradha Gupta (Gavi), Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Kate O'Brien, Director of Immunization at the World Health Organization
More than 6,000 national and sub-national participants joined the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference. No travel or per diem needed. The recruitment was led by an enthusiastic, diligent, organizing committee of 282 Alumni volunteers from 35 countries of the Teach to Reach programme.
More information: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Join this Commencement Event to honor the 1,055 new graduates of the Geneva Learning Foundation's Teach to Reach, COVID-19 Peer Hub Exercise, and other programmes.
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders contributing – and intent on listening.
Join the Teach to Reach conference: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Closing Plenary: Presentation of the Global Council for learning Leadership for Immunization, whose Founders will share their vision for how to transform learning.
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders contributing – and intent on listening.
Join the conference: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Teach to Reach: Spotlight on the Impact Accelerator Country Teams
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders contributing – and intent on listening.
Join the conference
Opening Plenary for the Second Day of the Teach to Reach Conference
Do not miss this Opening Plenary. We will recap Day 1 and share exciting announcements for Day 2.
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders contributing – and intent on listening.
Join the conference: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Reda Sadki, president of the Geneva Learning Foundation, shares how his organization developed a new conceptual framework to think through how to pivot digital events: conferences, trainings, courses, workshops.
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Teach to Reach: The world’s largest gathering of community-based immunization professionals from 120 countries preparing to introduce COVID-19 vaccine
More than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff have registered to participate.
Bringing together country-based immunization staff, national EPI managers, and global experts from over 40 partners, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), this community-based, co-designed and purely digital event will explore how immunization staff will deliver new vaccines to target groups at speed.
Kate O’Brien, WHO’s director of immunization, Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anuradha Gupta, Gavi’s Deputy CEO, are amongst the global immunization leaders contributing – and intent on listening.
Join the conference: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Welcome to the dress rehearsal on January 25, 2021
This is a test for the "Teach to Reach Accelerator" program. During the day, you will be able to access the different conference areas. We will hold rehearsals in French and English at 3 pm and 5 pm respectively (Geneva time).
More information about the conference: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
As of Monday 25 January, more than 6,000 national and sub-national participants had registered for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference. No travel or per diem needed. The recruitment is being led by an enthusiastic, diligent, organizing committee of 282 Alumni volunteers from 35 countries of the Teach to Reach programme.
Register now for the Teach to Reach Conference Accelerator (26-28 January 2021) https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Since July 2020, the Centre for Change and Complexity (C3L) for Learning has been cooperating with the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) to support the "learning analytics" of the COVID-19 Peer Hub. The Peer Hub is a digital network of more than 26,000 immunization professionals collaborating to keep vaccination services going during the pandemic.
On Tuesday 26 January 2021, C3L's George Siemens, Vitomir Kovanovic, and Sasha Poquet will join the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference, the world's largest international gathering of immunization professionals dedicated to learning, leadership, and innovation – at the precise moment when every country is facing the ultimate complex challenge of preparing to introduce or is already rolling out COVID-19 vaccine.
Register now for the Teach to Reach Conference Accelerator (26-28 January 2021) https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Teach to Reach: Interview with Violaine Mitchell, Director of Health Funds and Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Already, more than 5,000 national and sub-national participants had registered for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference. No travel or per diem needed. The recruitment is being led by an enthusiastic, diligent, organizing committee of 282 Alumni volunteers from 35 countries of the Teach to Reach programme.
Register now for the Teach to Reach Conference Accelerator (26-28 January 2021) https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Teach to Reach: Interview with Dr Kate O'Brien, Director of Immunization at the World Health Organization
As of Monday 18 January, more than 4,226 national and sub-national participants had registered for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference. No travel or per diem needed. The recruitment is being led by an enthusiastic, diligent, organizing committee of 282 Alumni volunteers from 35 countries of the Teach to Reach programme.
Register now for the Teach to Reach Conference Accelerator (26-28 January 2021) https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
8 days left until the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference (26-28 January 2021)
TODAY Watch the second of three rehearsals ahead of the Teach to Reach Conference.
Listen to immunization staff from all over the world who are preparing for his conference, which will explore what immunization staff need to learn and how we need to change to get COVID-19 vaccine to new target groups, at speed.
The 282 Members of the Organizing Committee from 35 countries, as well as some of the Conference Partners, have already tested the conference in a rehearsal that took place last Monday.
Today, participants will be invited to join the conference platform for the second Rehearsal, to meet other participants and help test the conference platform.
EXTENDED DEADLINE TO REGISTER https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Sharath Srinavasan is co-founder of Africa Voices and a lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Africa Voices focuses on putting the voices of citizens at the heart of the African Continent’s transformation.
In order to provide those responding to COVID19 in Somalia with a snapshot of how the people of Somalia were thinking in the early days of the epidemic, Africa Voices asked 51,000 listeners of its established multimedia interactive platform called Imaqal (‘listen to me’).
Join our dialogue with Sharath Srinavasan to hear how it turned out.
The Teach to Reach Innovation Dialogue showcase innovations for routine immunization. It brings together global innovators with national and sub-national immunization professionals to share ideas and forge new relationships.
Join the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference to learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Author or co-author of 6 books, over 80 articles, and numerous book chapters, Karen Watkins's scholarly interests include incidental learning, action science, and organizational learning assessment. With Victora Marsick, they developed and validated an instrument to measure learning culture and performance.
Karen helped found The Geneva Learning Foundation in 2016, guiding the development of its immunization programme. In 2019, she performed the first evaluation of the programme, providing evidence to support the invention of the Impact Accelerator, a radically-new method to lead and measure change.
In this interview, she will share the key insights about learning that has underpinned the Foundation's execution of the idea that education, at its best, is a powerful philosophy for change in the Digital Age.
15 days left until the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference (26-28 January 2020)
TODAY Watch the first of three rehearsals ahead of the Teach to Reach Conference.
Listen to immunization staff from all over the world who are preparing for his conference, which will explore what immunization staff need to learn and how we need to change to get COVID-19 vaccine to new target groups, at speed.
The 282 Members of the Organizing Committee from 35 countries, as well as some of the Conference Partners, will be present.
Next Monday, on 18 January 2021, participants will be invited to join the conference platform for the second Rehearsal, to meet other participants and help test the conference platform.
EXTENDED DEADLINE TO REGISTER https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
What is the Teach to Reach Accelerator conference?
COVID-19 vaccine introduction may be the most complex learning challenge the immunization community has faced.
The Teach to Reach Conference (26-28 January 2021) will explore what immunization staff need to learn and how we need to change to get new vaccines to new target groups at speed.
Alongside the urgency of “learning to learn” during the pandemic, this Conference aims to contribute to the change that is needed to make learning and leadership a “best buy” for both donors and countries and a key driver for innovation that will propel immunization staff on their way to achieving the global goals.
Who is organizing this conference?
This event, hosted by The Geneva Learning Foundation with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is being curated by an organizing committee of 282 country-based immunization professionals who completed the Teach to Reach Scholar programme in 2020.
Country teams from the COVID-19 Peer Hub will be sharing what they have learned during the pandemic and how they are preparing for COVID-19 vaccine introduction.