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Global health initiative reveals new insights on HPV vaccination through peer learningLearn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachA new approach to implementing HPV vaccination programs is yielding unexpected insights by connecting thousands of health workers across the globe to share their frontline experiences. The Geneva Learning Foundation's "Teach to Reach" initiative has engaged over 16,000 health professionals to address implementation challenges in HPV vaccination programs."Evidence suggests that challenges in implementing and sustaining HPV vaccination in developing countries are significantly influenced by gaps between planning at national level and execution at local levels," says Rydda Sattky, Executive Director of the Geneva Learning Foundation.Bridging the implementation gapThe initiative takes a different approach from traditional expert committees. Instead of relying solely on high-level expertise, it creates structured opportunities for health workers to share their direct experiences implementing HPV vaccination programs.Through a five-step process, the program collects and analyzes experiences from frontline health workers, deepens understanding through case studies, and connects these insights to national-level planning.The approach has revealed several unexpected findings. In some regions, tribal communities showed less vaccine hesitancy than urban populations. Teachers emerged as more influential than health workers in certain contexts, and personal stories proved more persuasive than statistical evidence."Success often proved independent of resource levels," notes Sattky, highlighting how informal networks and bottom-up strategies frequently outperformed more traditional approaches.Practical solutions from the fieldThe initiative has documented numerous successful strategies emerging from local implementation:- Using cancer survivors as advocates- Creating WhatsApp groups for community health workers- Engaging school children as messengers to families- Integrating with existing women's groups- Leveraging religious texts- Using community theater for health communicationIn January 2024, the program expanded to include national immunization program managers from 31 countries, creating direct connections between national planning and local implementation experiences.Building sustainable programsThe findings point to several key factors for successful HPV vaccination programs. Multi-stakeholder engagement, sustained communication rather than one-time campaigns, and strong school system partnerships emerged as critical elements. The research also highlighted the importance of male community leaders as vaccination advocates, despite the program's focus on adolescent girls."Uniquely, Teach to Reach provides a way to link health professionals together so that they can share experiences about what works," said Dr. Kate O'Brien and Ephraim T. Lomango from WHO and UNICEF, who lead immunization efforts globally.The initiative includes participation from both government and civil society organizations, with many participants working in challenging contexts such as remote rural areas, supporting nomadic populations, or facing armed conflict.Measuring impactThe program has demonstrated measurable effects on participating health workers, showing:- 45% stronger change in worldview- 49% higher professional influence- 41% greater impact on professional practiceThese results suggest that peer learning networks can serve as valuable complements to traditional expert-led approaches in global health initiatives.Looking aheadThe Geneva Learning Foundation continues to develop this approach, emphasizing continuous learning and improvement cycles. The initiative demonstrates how connecting frontline experiences to national policy can strengthen health systems and improve vaccination program outcomes.The work forms part of broader efforts to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030, which aims to ensure all people benefit from recommended immunizations throughout their lives.
PEN-H essential guidance for NCD care in humanitarian settings13 April 2020The Package of Essential NCD Interventions for Humanitarian Settings (PEN-H), published by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in 2020, remains a valuable but underutilized resource for humanitarian health practitioners. This guide addresses specific challenges in delivering care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in crisis situations. It was launched during a lively special event hosted by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) on April 13, 2020, with PEN-H’s leader author and TGLF co-founder Dr. Shanthi Mendis and IRC’s Dr. Laura Miller responding to questions from 754 health workers, primarily from developing countries.Dr. Shanthi Mendis, who is also the principal author of the original WHO Package of Essential NCD Interventions (WHO-PEN), explains why this guidance remains relevant: “When humanitarian emergencies occur in any part of the world, people caught in these situations will include many with NCDs, some diagnosed and some undiagnosed. The stressful situation itself will make people develop acute exacerbations.”Current data shows hypertension affects approximately 25% of populations globally, while diabetes prevalence ranges from 6% to 15%. These conditions become particularly challenging in crisis situations where healthcare systems are disrupted and resources are limited.## Specific challenges in humanitarian settingsLaura Miller from IRC identified three persistent challenges that make the PEN-H guidance essential:“Several countries affected by conflict have had a higher burden of NCDs. Specifically Syria, Libya, Yemen – these conflicts have continued for many years, meaning that there have been many more people who have died unnecessarily due to NCDs.”She highlighted particular concerns in refugee settings: “In refugee camp settings, such as in Kenya and Thailand, where refugees have been living for two to three decades, we have seen increasing rates of NCDs due to exposure to unhealthy risk factors – inability to access healthy foods, lack of space to be physically active, and increased stress resulting in use of tobacco and alcohol.”The third challenge involves healthcare delivery systems. Miller noted: “The clinical guidelines and standards really vary in countries and contexts. In some places where we work, there are Ministry of Health clinical guidelines. In other places, clinicians use MSF guidelines. But in many countries where you have extremely weak health systems or failed states, the clinical guidelines have not been updated in many years.”## Practical guidance for critical carePEN-H provides specific protocols for managing NCD emergencies in resource-limited settings. Dr. Mendis detailed the most critical scenarios: “When you take non-communicable diseases, there are certain emergencies that are likely to occur, particularly in the acute response stage in the first week or so. People will die from NCDs within the acute phase from conditions like acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, stroke, hypertension emergency, diabetic ketoacidosis, acute asthma exacerbation, and status epilepticus.”The guide includes practical interventions for situations where hospital referral is impossible: “If the patient is breathless, you could sit the patient up. You can give oxygen if available. If the blood pressure is very low, you can raise the foot end of the bed. An intravenous line is set up for most acutely ill patients, ensuring they receive intravenous fluids when unable to take anything orally.”## Supporting community health workersPEN-H includes eight specific protocols for community health workers, recognizing their essential role in crisis response. These protocols cover patient counseling, advice on tobacco cessation, guidance on harmful use of alcohol, diet, physical activity, and medicine use.## Development implicationsThe guide addresses broader societal impacts of NCDs in humanitarian settings. “If you let people die prematurely under the age of 70, you are losing breadwinners of families,” Dr. Mendis explained. “This affects family income and creates long-term healthcare costs. By prevention, you save money, and this is a major development issue for countries.”## Accessing the guidanceThe PEN-H guide remains available in English, French, and Arabic. The 2020 launch event provides additional context and implementation insights from humanitarian health practitioners.IRC developed this resource to address a critical gap in humanitarian healthcare delivery. As Miller stated: “We had to prioritize this as part of our mission of ensuring people remain healthy within humanitarian contexts.”
Europe-wide Network supporting Ukrainian Children through Psychological First Aid (PFA) announces first 34 Focal pointsA Europe-wide initiative to support Ukrainian children through psychological first aid (PFA) marked several key developments during its February 11, 2025, Leaders and Partners meeting. The Certificate peer learning programme on Psychological First Aid (PFA) in support of children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine provides innovative opportunities to strengthen immediate mental health support to children in crisis, is rapidly scaling up into a comprehensive network spanning 27 countries.## First wave of PFA Focal PointsThe initiative announced its first 34 PFA focal points - volunteer representatives who will coordinate support within their organizations and regions. While most focal points are based in Ukraine working directly in fragile contexts, the network includes practitioners from Poland, Romania, and Iceland, creating a bridge between local needs and international support.## Building local capacity“We work with children in Kyiv region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Chernihiv region, and Sumy region. We travel to locations and conduct psychosocial sessions with children,” explained I. from Yellow-Blue Wings, describing their direct work with affected communities.“When I went through this training that lasted several weeks, it was both learning and active participation... you felt like you leveled up a bit,” shared A. from Platform of Unity, a Ukrainian humanitarian organization working in the Kharkiv region.## Practical peer learning approachThe program combines several key elements:- Certificate-based peer learning exercises providing structured training- Bi-weekly “PFA Connect” sessions for rapid knowledge exchange- New courses based on practitioners’ real-world experiences- An Impact Accelerator to support practical implementation## Measuring impact on childrenA new measurement tool is being developed by this network to evaluate effectiveness of support to children at the local level. The tool examines children’s functioning, well-being, distress levels, coping ability, social behavior, and connectedness.## Cross-border collaboration“This is just a wonderful way of connecting with others across the world who are dealing with the same challenges and issues and concerns and learning from each other,” noted W. from a National Red Cross.## Looking aheadThe program aims to reach 4,100 professionals by June 2025. The next “PFA Connect” peer learning session on February 12 will address three critical topics: recognizing severe reactions in children, managing multiple children in crisis, and providing remote psychological support.The initiative, funded through the EU4Health program, represents a shift from traditional training approaches by emphasizing peer learning and practical implementation while maintaining professional standards through certification. These regular Leaders and Partners meetings ensure the program continues to evolve based on practitioners’ needs and experiences in supporting children affected by the ongoing crisis.
Health workers share measles outbreak experiences in global learning exchangeDuring the October 13, 2023 session of Teach to Reach 9, immunization professionals from India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Uganda exchanged specific experiences responding to measles outbreaks. The session focused not on technical guidelines, which participants already implement through their national programs, but on the practical challenges and solutions they have developed in their local contexts.## Field experiences and local innovationsDr. Isha Goyal, WHO surveillance officer in India, described analyzing outbreak data that revealed 90% of cases concentrated in a single community. Despite engaging religious and community leaders, vaccination coverage remained at 60-70% post-outbreak. She noted that the same community consistently refused vaccines across different immunization programs, raising questions about current engagement approaches.In Nigeria, Mudassir Abdullahi from Skano State Hospital outlined how response teams mapped affected settlements and conducted household assessments that revealed missed vaccinations. The team combined awareness activities with vaccination services, leading to reduced cases in previously affected areas.Dr. Bala Ganesh Kumar, WHO medical officer in South India, shared a systematic response protocol initiated by a hospital case notification:- Sample collection for laboratory confirmation- Formation of epidemic response teams at district and block levels- House-to-house surveys in affected areas and schools- Line listing of fever/rash cases from previous 90 days- Catch-up vaccination for children with immunity gapsDr. Kamran Khan described Pakistan's 2021 nationwide campaign strategies that achieved 95% coverage:- Public vaccination of policymakers' children - School-based outreach covering 70% of target population- Direct engagement with hesitant parents through schools- Coordinated media management for adverse events## Implementation challenges identifiedParticipants shared several common challenges:1. Data and tracking:- Mobile population movement during investigations- Incomplete vaccination records for second doses- Limited data sharing between facilities2. Vaccine delivery:- Supply chain disruptions- Reluctance to open multi-dose vials- Geographic access barriers3. Community engagement:- Persistent vaccine hesitancy in specific groups- Limited success with traditional approaches- Need for new strategies for consistently refusing communities## Analysis and recommendationsLora Shimp synthesized three key approaches from the shared experiences:1. Data utilization:"Using data to really help us identify where we have missed infants or younger children who may have received one dose of measles, but not two doses."2. Health system operations:"Working with the health system to address these problems, to better communicate how to get, not to turn people away, what are the best ways to organize these services."3. Campaign duration:"That campaign shouldn't just stop the day we're doing vaccination... planning for four weeks so that you also follow up with those communities that have been missed."## Next stepsThe session highlighted several areas requiring further examination:- Analysis of patterns in vaccine refusal across programs- Development of new approaches for consistently refusing communities- Improved systems for vaccination record keeping- Strengthened preparedness planningParticipants continued discussions through networking sessions to explore specific challenges in more detail.Note: Names have been transcribed from the session recording. Their spelling therefore may be inaccurate.
Field workers share innovative approaches to HPV vaccination acceptance at Teach to Reach 9Healthcare workers and community leaders from multiple countries shared their frontline experiences with HPV vaccination programs during a special session at Teach to Reach 9, highlighting successful strategies for building vaccine confidence and overcoming hesitancy.The session, which followed up on discussions from Teach to Reach 8, focused on the critical question "How have you made HPV vaccination work for girls and women?" Against the backdrop of concerning statistics - 600,000 new cervical cancer cases and 340,000 deaths annually, with vaccination coverage declining since the COVID-19 pandemic - participants shared concrete examples of local solutions.## Nigeria launches nationwide campaignBoma Otobo, an adolescent health and HPV vaccine introduction consultant to Lagos state, described Nigeria's preparations for a major HPV vaccination campaign launching October 24, 2023. The initiative targets girls aged 9-14 years through both school-based and community outreach approaches."We have done the micro plan in Nigeria. We have been able to get our HR requirements sorted. Logistics have moved," Otobo explained. The program conducted rapid community assessments and extensive engagement with schools, religious groups, and traditional leaders to address concerns and build support.## Community-level innovationSeveral speakers highlighted the critical importance of direct community engagement:Zuhura Gaki Ahmed, a community health worker from Meru, Kenya, described her successful approach to addressing vaccine hesitancy: "I talked to both the mother and the girls...I gave them an example of a certain lady who had this problem. When she was asked whether she had ever been vaccinated, she said she had never been vaccinated."In Uganda, Rebecca Akelo, a public health nurse, leveraged concerning data on teenage pregnancies to build support for HPV vaccination. She engaged education officials and school leaders, using parent-teacher meetings to explain the science behind the vaccine. "I had to draw for them the uterus and locate where the cervix is and how the vaccine will prevent cervical cancer. They really appreciated the science behind that," Akelo shared.## Integration and partnership approachesMichael Jones from Sierra Leone described an innovative approach of integrating HPV vaccination with COVID-19 vaccination, which helped overcome resource constraints while achieving higher than expected coverage. The program vaccinated girls at age 10 for HPV and both boys and girls at age 12 for COVID-19.In India, Dr. O.P. Kansal highlighted a new initiative to address hesitancy among medical professionals themselves. The American Cancer Society, working with the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecologists Society of India, launched virtual training programs to build healthcare provider confidence in recommending HPV vaccination.## Key success factorsLaura Shimp, director of the Immunization Center at JSI, identified three critical elements for successful HPV vaccination programs:1. Leveraging girl advocates and peer-to-peer learning2. Partnering with cancer prevention groups to emphasize the vaccine's role in cancer prevention3. Building strong partnerships with education ministries and religious groupsDeepa Pokhrel from UNICEF headquarters emphasized the importance of:- Conducting rapid community assessments to understand local concerns- Engaging young people directly in program design- Addressing misinformation quickly through trusted community channels- Moving beyond mass media to focus on sustained community engagementThe session demonstrated how local innovation and adaptation, combined with strong partnerships and community engagement, can help overcome hesitancy and build acceptance of HPV vaccination. These insights will be particularly valuable as more countries launch or expand their HPV vaccination programs.## About Teach to ReachTeach to Reach is a global forum where healthcare workers, community leaders, and public health professionals share field experiences and practical solutions. The format combines plenary sessions with networking opportunities, allowing participants to learn both from formal presentations and direct peer-to-peer exchanges. This session was part of Teach to Reach 9, building on discussions from previous events while incorporating new experiences and innovations from the field.
Global Climate and Health Survey Partners Mobilize for Community ImpactHealth professionals and community leaders gathered on February 5, 2025, to advance a groundbreaking global climate and health survey initiative. The virtual check-in session brought together participants from multiple continents to discuss dissemination strategies for reaching frontline health workers and communities most affected by climate change.## Survey to Guide Major New Funding ProgramJoanna Sanchez from Grand Challenges Canada revealed that the survey will inform a significant new climate and health funding program. "This is going to be a very exciting year for us," Sanchez explained. "The survey will guide us as we develop this new funding program, expected to launch between January and March of 2026."The initiative represents an unprecedented approach to program development. "We are here to learn, listen, and take inputs from local communities," Sanchez emphasized. "We have never done quite like this before, taking experiences from those at the frontlines of the climate and health crisis to guide funding priorities."## Global Partners Unite for Grassroots EngagementThe survey has rapidly gained support from major global organizations. Originally launched as a partnership between Grand Challenges Canada and the Geneva Learning Foundation, it has expanded to include multilateral organizations, NGOs, and international funders. The initiative was recently featured in The Lancet Global Health, accompanied by an expert panel representing every continent.## Community Health Workers Share Climate Impact ExperiencesParticipants described stark realities of climate change effects on healthcare delivery. Alaouiatu from the Nanani Women and Youth Development Foundation highlighted specific challenges: "We have a lot of rivers and streams, and it is a barrier to our health professionals in crossing those streams to reach settlements to deliver vaccines or medications."## Strategic Dissemination Plans EmergeHealth leaders outlined concrete plans for sharing the survey. Kingsley Kofi Nignere, from Ghana's Community Youth Development Foundation, detailed his organization's approach: "I will share with Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, which is made up of 150 members, and Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Climate Change, with 100 members."Paul Oche, working with Malaria Consortium in Nigeria, emphasized reaching diverse sectors: "I will be sharing with my professional colleagues and coursemates in health economics, as well as those in energy and gas and green energy sectors for their perspectives."## Looking AheadThe survey results will be presented publicly between September and October 2025. Partners are encouraged to complete organizational applications and document their dissemination efforts through a structured process that includes sharing across multiple platforms and tracking reach.The initiative emphasizes three primary areas of investigation:- Observable climate changes in local communities- Health impacts of these changes- Barriers to protecting community healthAs Mario Chazidamianos noted during the session, "Teach to Reach is turning into something more - a network of proactive professionals looking to take care of the world."
🎧 “AI is not about replacing health workers, but enhancing what we already do well in global health”. Explore how AI partnerships – not AI tools – could transform health worker networks.Listen to this AI podcast about Reda Sadki’s framework for AI as co-worker in global health to support local action through peer learning networks.How could AI as a partner to health workers be a game changer for pandemic preparedness? How might it help tackle climate change impacts on health? What about neglected tropical diseases?Learn how AI partnership could enhance collective capabilities while preserving human agency and local leadership.Join the conversation about the future of AI in global health.#globalhealth #AI #podcast🤖 This podcast was generated by AI, discussing Reda Sadki’s 24 January 2025 article “A global health framework for Artificial Intelligence as co-worker to support networked learning and local action”. While the conversation is AI-generated, the framework and examples discussed are based on the published article.
🎧 Supporting Ukrainian children? “Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most powerful”…This AI podcast explores PFA Connect, a new peer learning platform from The Geneva Learning Foundation.Practitioners across Europe are helping each other strengthen support to Ukrainian children.What challenges are they tackling? How does peer learning help?Listen to this week’s AI discussion of real practitioner experiences.Then join the next PFA Connect, a network of more than 2,200 education, social work, and health professionals.Request your invitation here: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraine#children #Ukraine #podcast🤖 This podcast was generated by AI, discussing factual information about PFA Connect. While the conversation is AI-generated, all information about PFA Connect and practitioner experiences is based on real documentation and participant feedback.
Getting started with PFA Connect: A step-by-step guideRequest your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraine## What is PFA Connect?PFA Connect helps professionals who support Ukrainian children to:- Share challenges and find solutions- Learn from other professionals' experiences- Build trusted relationships with colleagues- Connect with over 2,000 professionals across EuropeSessions are only 30 minutes long, designed for busy professionals.## Who can participate?Anyone who supports Ukrainian children:- Teachers and education professionals- Social workers and community support staff- Mental health specialists- Healthcare professionals- Red Cross staff and volunteersYou do not need previous training in Psychological First Aid (PFA) to participate.## How to register for a session### Step 1: Quick registration1. Go to the PFA Connect landing pagePFA Connect1. Enter your name and email address in the registration form2. Click the registration button3. Check your email - you will receive three messages: - Registration confirmation - Instructions to prepare for PFA Connect - Pre-registration from Zoom Eevent, to access the PFA Connect platform### Step 2: Set up your Zoom Events access1. Open the registration confirmation email2. Click the "Register now" button3. Choose how to register: - Recommended: Sign in with your Zoom account (enables networking features) - Alternative: Register with email4. Select your language (English or Ukrainian)5. Fill in your information: - Your name - Location - Organization type - Role/profession - Number of staff in your organization - Number of Ukrainian children you support6. Click "Confirm registration"7. Add the event to your calendar### Step 3: Reserve your spot1. Go to the Zoom Events platform using the link in your email2. Click on "Sessions"3. Find the upcoming session4. Click "Reserve spot"5. Make sure you see "Spot reserved" confirmation## Before the session### Share your experience (optional)1. Open the "Prepare for PFA Connect" email2. Click the link to share your experience3. Choose what you want to share: - A specific challenge you need help with - A success story or lesson learned - A tool or resource - A topic for discussion - An upcoming event4. Fill in the short form describing what you want to share5. Submit your contribution### Invite colleagues (recommended)- Share the PFA Connect invitation with trusted colleagues- Use the sharing buttons for WhatsApp or Telegram- Forward the registration link to your professional network## During the session1. Join at the scheduled time using your Zoom Events link2. You will work in small groups to: - Discuss real challenges - Share practical solutions - Exchange resources and tools3. Sessions are initially 30 minutes4. Groups can choose to extend discussions if desired## After the session1. Complete the 5-question feedback form to: - Help improve future sessions - Receive your certificate of participation2. You will receive: - A summary of insights based on what participants shared in their feedback - Links to useful resources - Ways to stay connected with colleagues## Languages- All activities are available in English and Ukrainian- You will be grouped with others who speak your selected language- You must choose your language during registration## Need help?If you have technical difficulties:- Check your spam folder for registration emails- Make sure to mark our emails as "not spam"- Follow all registration steps in order- Reserve your spot after registering
🎧 In the topography of global health, theory and practice often inhabit separate worlds. Our new AI-generated Deep Dive podcast examines Donald Schön's seminal framework on this divide - and why it matters for health systems transformation.📚 This experimental audio format aims to translate complex theoretical insights into accessible dialogue, exploring:- The 'high ground vs. swamp' metaphor in contemporary health challenges- How COVID-19 exposed fundamental gaps between research and practice- Why traditional knowledge transfer models fall short- The emerging role of peer learning networks in bridging divides🔍 This podcast format demonstrates how AI-enabled content can:- Make theoretical frameworks accessible to practitioners- Bridge formal and experiential knowledge- Scale education efforts across geographic and institutional boundaries- Enable new forms of engagement with critical health systems concepts#GlobalHealth #HealthEducation #KnowledgeTransfer #AIforHealth
Health workers share frontline malaria experiences at Teach to Reach preview ahead of December special eventOn December 5, 2024, health workers from across Africa gathered for a special preview session focused on malaria as part of Teach to Reach 11, setting the stage for a major event on December 10 focused on uniting health workers to end malaria. The session, hosted by the Geneva Learning Foundation in partnership with the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, featured powerful firsthand accounts from health workers dealing with malaria in their communities.The preview session highlighted how climate change and severe weather events are intensifying malaria challenges in many regions. Maman Godiya, a UNICEF social behavioral change consultant in Sokoto, Nigeria, described a recent malaria outbreak following heavy rainfall and flooding. She noted that while free drugs and mosquito nets were distributed, insecurity and banditry prevented reaching some affected communities, leading to deaths from cerebral malaria.Margaret Nabagala Ntambazi, a public health specialist from Masaka City, Uganda, shared a recent case of a five-year-old child who required intensive care for severe malaria. In response, her team organized community dialogues about malaria prevention, particularly focusing on environmental factors like tall grass and maize cultivation that provide mosquito breeding grounds. She emphasized the need for proper use of insecticide-treated nets, noting that some community members were using them for other purposes like coffee drying or fishing.Joseph Ngougi, a community health officer from Muranga County, Kenya, described how malaria recently affected his wife so severely she required injectable treatment instead of oral medication. His experience highlighted that anyone can be affected by malaria, regardless of their health worker status or knowledge.Kingston Kufi Nyerere from Ghana's Mono East region shared a particularly poignant story about his pregnant sister who couldn't access Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (IPTp), leading to malaria infection and subsequent miscarriage. He emphasized the critical importance of both preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets for pregnant women.The session concluded with Beri Ani Gariba, malaria monitoring and evaluation officer for Cameroon's Northwest region, describing his own recent bout with severe malaria that occurred despite his expertise and access to healthcare facilities.Looking ahead, the December 10 special event will explore deeper questions about access to malaria medicines and tests, prevention strategies for pregnant women, community mobilization successes, and the impact of weather changes on malaria transmission. The event builds on contributions from health workers across multiple countries including Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Nigeria.The preview session demonstrated the Teach to Reach platform's ability to facilitate direct sharing of experiences among health workers, with over 15,000 health professionals registered for the broader event. Participants can access a full participant list and connect with colleagues working on similar challenges.Key themes emerging from the session included:- The intersection of climate change and malaria transmission- Challenges in reaching insecure areas- The importance of community education and proper use of preventive tools- The need for reliable access to treatments and preventive medicines- The particular vulnerability of pregnant women and children- The value of learning from peers' experiences and solutionsThe December 10 special event will continue these discussions, bringing together frontline health workers with national program managers and global partners to address these critical challenges in malaria control and elimination.
Global survey gathers health worker insights on climate change impactsTeach to Reach’s health leaders met today to share feedback and insights to strengthen are contributing the climate-health risks and barriers survey initiative developed by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) with Grand Challenges Canada (GCC).Teach to Reach, a peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 health professionals from 70 countries, provided the initial testing ground for the survey. The platform brings together frontline health workers, district managers, and national planners to share experiences and solutions across borders, with 80% of participants working at district and facility levels.## Survey pilots shape future global climate and health fundingThe Geneva Learning Foundation hosted a special consultation on January 8, 2025, to debrief findings from a pilot survey that will inform future funding for climate-driven health crises. The survey aims to gather frontline perspectives to guide evidence-based investment prioritization in climate-sensitive health risks and health system barriers.The pilot phase collected 306 responses from health leaders participating in Teach to Reach 11, a global peer learning platform that connects health professionals working at all levels of health systems across borders.## Global launch and reachDr. Joanna Sanchez, Climate and Health Lead at GCC, announced the full survey will launch on January 15, 2025, in multiple languages. The survey will be distributed through major global networks including WHO, multilateral organizations, ministries of health, and health professional associations.“We are excited to hear what those at the front lines of this challenge are thinking, what the perceptions are, what the ideas are,” said Dr. Sanchez. “This will inform research, policy, funding, and where we can work together globally on solutions.”## Survey focus and structureThe survey explores three key areas:- Observable climate changes in communities- Health impacts of these changes- Barriers to protecting community healthThe survey has been carefully designed to be accessible to respondents across different education levels while maintaining scientific rigor. Questions focus on recent experiences within the past two years to ensure reliable recall, with opportunities to consider future challenges over the next decade.## Early insights from pilot phaseSurvey statistician John Wagai gave a brief presentatino of preliminary analysis showing respondent diversity and strong African participation. The African region is the most-impacted region with the least research and evidence available.## Stakeholder feedback shapes improvementsHealth leaders provided valuable input for enhancing the survey’s effectiveness:Lilian Mutua, head of health promotion for Nairobi City County, Kenya, emphasized the interconnected nature of impacts: “When we look at climate change...it was not only about health. We had destruction of environments, inaccessibility to health services...We also had issues of mental health.”Sabatu Elizabeth Danladi, founder of African Hope for Community Progress Initiative in Nigeria, highlighted food security concerns: “Most farmers are facing challenges, difficulty to feed because farmlands are washed away by flood...This poses a threat to nutrition of children and pregnant women.”## Next steps and timelineThe survey will remain open for six weeks after its January launch. Results will help Grand Challenges Canada and partners create new funding opportunities for local solutions to climate-driven health challenges.The findings will undergo expert analysis in spring 2025, with results expected to be presented at Climate Week or the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025. This will be followed by the launch of a new grand challenge funding call focused on identified priorities.## Commitment to community engagementThe Geneva Learning Foundation emphasized its commitment to sharing findings back with participants. As the Foundation’s Executive Director, Reda Sadki, explained: “If we ask you for information...our commitment is to give back and to make sure you are closely involved in the process that is ultimately about you and the communities that you serve.”This initiative represents a significant step in connecting global funding decisions with ground-level realities faced by health workers as they confront climate change impacts on community health. By engaging frontline perspectives, the survey aims to ensure future investments address the most pressing needs of affected communities.
New podcast: Knowing-in-action: Bridging the theory-practice divide in global healthThis is the 14 December 2024 article from Reda Sadki.
🎧 In the topography of global health, theory and practice often inhabit separate worlds. Our new AI-generated Deep Dive podcast examines Donald Schön's seminal framework on this divide - and why it matters for health systems transformation.This AI-generated podcast is a discussion of Reda Sadki's article: https://redasadki.me/2024/12/14/knowing-in-action-bridging-the-theory-practice-divide-in-global-health/📚 This experimental audio format aims to translate complex theoretical insights into accessible dialogue, exploring:- The 'high ground vs. swamp' metaphor in contemporary health challenges- How COVID-19 exposed fundamental gaps between research and practice- Why traditional knowledge transfer models fall short- The emerging role of peer learning networks in bridging divides🔍 This podcast format demonstrates how AI-enabled content can:- Make theoretical frameworks accessible to practitioners- Bridge formal and experiential knowledge- Scale education efforts across geographic and institutional boundaries- Enable new forms of engagement with critical health systems concepts#GlobalHealth #HealthEducation #KnowledgeTransfer #AIforHealth
New podcast: Knowing-in-action: Bridging the theory-practice divide in global healthThis is the 14 December 2024 article from Reda Sadki.
Health Leaders Report Valuable Exchanges in Teach to Reach Networking Session## Structured Approach to Peer LearningThe final session of Teach to Reach 11 on December 5, 2024, demonstrated the power of structured networking to facilitate meaningful knowledge exchange between health professionals. Participants engaged in focused small-group conversations.## Benefits of Organizational EngagementThe session highlighted four key benefits for participating organizations:- Recognition of real-world expertise through peer validation- Reciprocal learning opportunities regardless of organization size- Integration into a global platform and community- Skills development through active learning for staff and volunteers## Cross-Border Knowledge ExchangeHealth leaders reported valuable cross-border exchanges in their breakout groups. A participant from India described productive discussions with colleagues from Ghana and Nigeria, leading to plans for continued collaboration: “We decided to connect with emails and personally in the group and then one-to-one interaction... If somebody is doing work on immunization in one part of the world, somebody else is also doing the same thing, so they can connect and discuss issues, barriers, and breakthroughs.”## Solutions Through ConnectionParticipants emphasized how networking enabled practical problem-solving. “If you have a particular issue that is difficult for you to solve, having the opportunity to discuss with one person, maybe he has strategies he adopted in his environment that can be suitable for you,” explained Usman Mohammed Tukor from Nigeria. He highlighted how these connections could strengthen responses to challenges like climate change impacts on health.## Local Innovation SharingThe discussions surfaced innovative local approaches. Sadatu Kabir from Bauchi State, Nigeria, shared their community engagement structure: “We have a committee at the community level... and a community resource group called Mama to Mama that can go house to house to assess problems and needs.” This included creative solutions like an emergency transport system to improve healthcare access.## Progressive EngagementThe session’s structure—moving from brief introductions to increasingly longer discussions—allowed relationships to develop naturally. As Charlotte Mbuh from the facilitation team noted, “Even when starting with just introductions, participants quickly moved into deeper discussions about their work.”## Platform for Continued ConnectionBeyond the live sessions, Teach to Reach introduced a new platform feature allowing participants to create profiles and maintain connections with over 15,000 health workers. This infrastructure supports ongoing peer learning and collaboration between live events.## Looking AheadThe networking session concluded Teach to Reach 11’s main event, but participants were encouraged to maintain their connections through:- Upcoming special sessions, including a December 13 event with the Lancet Countdown- The Reach Leaders and Partners Network- The platform’s networking features- Future Teach to Reach events, with the 12th edition planned for March 2025The success of this structured networking approach demonstrates how intentional connection-building between health professionals can catalyze knowledge sharing and practical innovation to address global health challenges.
Before launching a survey on climate-health barriers and risks, Grand Challenges Canada listened and learned at Teach to Reach 11## New Partnership to Amplify Frontline VoicesGrand Challenges Canada announced a pioneering partnership at Teach to Reach 11 on December 5, 2024, launching a global initiative to capture frontline health workers’ experiences of climate change impacts. The organization will begin with a pilot survey among Teach to Reach participants, informing a major new climate and health funding program planned for 2026.“We want to take the questions to those best placed to identify the problems – the people at the frontlines of this climate crisis,” explained Joanna Sanchez, an epidemiologist representing Grand Challenges Canada. The initiative aims to identify critical barriers preventing effective responses to climate-related health challenges in low and middle-income countries.## Frontline Testimonies of Climate ImpactHealth workers shared powerful accounts from their communities. In the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, Dr. Mahesh Bhatt described a “vicious cycle” where climate change is disrupting social determinants of health. “The frequency and severity of extreme weather events, flash floods, forest fires, disasters and new diseases like malaria and dengue have increased in the last two decades,” he reported, emphasizing that local communities with minimal carbon footprints are bearing the heaviest burden.Margaret Nabagala from Uganda detailed recent devastating impacts: “We lost 82 lives in Eastern Uganda due to soil erosion and flooding. Homesteads were flooded and covered with soil.” She outlined government efforts to relocate affected communities and strengthen early warning systems.## Barriers to Effective ResponseHealth workers identified specific obstacles hampering their efforts. Alima Usman from Nigeria described challenges during flood response: “Because the water was so much, we couldn’t get access to electric boats. We had to use local boats available in the community, which slowed rescue efforts.”Community understanding emerged as another key challenge. Usman Mohammed Tukor noted: “People don’t believe climate change affects their health. There is need for people to know how it is related to their health.” He explained how poor sanitation and drainage create mosquito breeding grounds, increasing malaria risk, particularly among pregnant women.## Innovative Funding ApproachThe new Grand Challenges Canada program, launching in early 2026, will support innovative local solutions to climate-health challenges. “We’re looking for big ideas for big problems,” said Sanchez, emphasizing that funding will be open to organizations from all low and middle-income countries. The program may feature region-specific funding streams based on survey findings.## Participatory Research DesignThe partnership represents a shift in how climate and health funding priorities are determined. “No one is asking us. We are here. We are seeing the challenges, we are experiencing them,” Sanchez quoted from earlier consultations, explaining the choice of a participatory approach.## Next StepsThe pilot survey with Teach to Reach participants will inform a broader global survey in 2026. Results will guide funding priorities and serve as a public resource for policymakers, researchers, and funders working on climate and health challenges.The initiative recognizes that while climate change is a global crisis, its health impacts disproportionately affect communities that have contributed least to the problem. Through this partnership, Grand Challenges Canada aims to ensure that solutions are informed by and responsive to frontline experiences.
Health leaders share practical solutions at Teach to Reach forum“We would like to strengthen the capacity of community health promoters and align with global efforts in health education,” said Alicia Sheringham from Kenya’s national association for community health workers (ARCHVOG) during the December 5 Leaders and Partners Forum. Her organization, like many others joining Teach to Reach 11, aims to connect local health needs with broader health initiatives.The forum brought together health workers from community clinics to national programs to share what works in their communities. This continues the peer learning approach that engaged over 21,000 participants in June 2024, with 80% working at district and facility levels.## Real challenges, real solutionsIn Nigeria’s Bauchi State, Ibilola Atureta explained how Glorious Elixir Foundation conducts medical outreach: “We do medical outreaches to some communities here. Teach to Reach has exposed me to community and collaboration we can learn from ourselves.”Small group discussions revealed common challenges across borders. Bernard Oteno, whose year-old organization works on malaria prevention in Kenya, noted their main barrier: “The main challenge we still have is funding, because it’s just a small organization that has about 50 people, community health workers coming together.”## Learning from each otherIn structured networking sessions, participants shared specific solutions despite technical challenges. One group discussion included experiences from Ghana about staffing issues, vaccine availability challenges in Abuja, and efforts to involve community health workers in decision-making in Kenya.Dr. Mahesh Bhatt, working in India’s Himalayan region, described the value of these connections: “If somebody is doing some work on immunization in other part of the world, somebody else is also doing the same thing - they can connect with each other and discuss the issues and barriers as well as the breakthroughs.”## Next stepsThe forum preceded sessions focusing on:- Nigeria’s immunization collaborative- Malaria prevention and control with RBM Partnership- Climate change health impacts with Grand Challenges CanadaOrganizations interested in participating can learn more through the conference platform. There is no cost for locally-led organizations serving community needs.The forum demonstrates how connecting health workers across borders helps share practical solutions to common challenges. As Chinwe Enechukwu noted after a networking session: “It was a wonderful room. I would love to go back and continue with the discussion.”
An AI-generated dialogue exploring The Geneva Learning Foundation’s progress in 2024This experimental AI-generated podcast demonstrates a novel approach to exploring complex learning concepts through structured dialogue. Based on TGLF’s 2024 end-of-year message and supplementary materials, the conversation examines their peer learning model through a combination of concrete examples and theoretical reflection. The dialogue format enables exploration of how knowledge emerges through structured interaction, even in AI-generated content.Experimental nature and limitations: This content is being shared as an exploration of how AI might contribute to learning and knowledge construction. While based on TGLF’s actual 2024 message, the dialogue includes AI-generated elaborations that may contain inaccuracies. However, these limitations themselves provide interesting insights into how knowledge emerges through interaction, even in artificial contexts.Pedagogical value and theoretical implications:1. Structured knowledge construction: The conversational format illustrates how knowledge can emerge through carefully structured dialogue, even when artificially generated. This mirrors TGLF’s own insights about how structure enables rather than constrains learning.2. Multi-level learning: The dialogue operates on multiple levels:- Direct information sharing about TGLF’s work- Modeling of reflective dialogue- Meta-level exploration of how knowledge emerges through interaction- Integration of concrete examples with theoretical reflection1. Network effects in learning: The conversation demonstrates how different types of knowledge (statistical, narrative, theoretical, practical) can be woven together through dialogue to create deeper understanding. This parallels TGLF’s observations about how learning emerges through structured networks of interaction.We invite listeners to consider:- How dialogue enables exploration of complex ideas- The role of structure in enabling knowledge emergence- The relationship between concrete examples and theoretical understanding- The potential and limitations of AI in supporting learning processesThis experiment invites reflection not just on the content itself, but on how knowledge and understanding emerge through structured interaction - whether human or artificial. Your insights about how this format affects your understanding will help inform future explorations of AI’s role in learning.What aspects of the dialogue format enhanced or hindered your understanding? How did the interplay of concrete examples and reflective discussion affect your learning? We welcome your thoughts on these deeper questions about how learning happens through structured interaction.
We will publish a selection of your TGLF stories submitted by 5 January 2025.Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to build on this momentum together.While we know this is a difficult time for many colleagues, particularly those serving communities affected by crisis and conflict, we hope you can find moments of peace and connection.We deeply appreciate your commitment to learning and leading change.Together, we are showing that new ways of learning and connecting can strengthen health and hope in communities worldwide.More than that, we’re demonstrating that when we rethink how learning happens, we can unlock unprecedented possibilities for positive change.Wishing you renewed energy and inspiration for the journey ahead.Reda SadkiThe Geneva Learning FoundationPS You can learn more from experiences shared on our YouTube, Telegram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook channels. Are you following us?
Join us for this Teach to Reach dialogue between research and experience, with Dr Marina Romanello, the Countdown’s Executive Director.Register now for this special event https://bit.ly/TeachToReach11 The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change brings the data. Health workers bring the stories. Teach to Reach is the world’s largest peer learning platform for health workers. 24,583 health workers – primarily government staff from Africa, Asia, and Latin America – on the frontlines of climate change and health joined the eleventh edition on 5-6 December 2024. How do The Lancet Countdown’s global findings align with what health workers observe first-hand in their communities? How might scientific data and health worker experiences combine to deepen our understanding of climate change’s health impacts?
To end malaria, we must empower the people closest to the problem – health workers in affected communities.A special event organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) in partnership with RBM Partnership to End Malaria brought together health workers from every malaria-endemic country to share firsthand experiences fighting malaria.Over 1,700 health professionals (619 francophone and 1,096 anglophone) registered for this bilingual event, which connected practitioners across language barriers from high-burden countries including Nigeria, DRC, Kenya, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon.The partnership aims to integrate community-based health workers’ insights into global malaria elimination strategies.Health workers shared powerful testimonials and practical experiences:- Impacts of extreme weather and flooding on disease transmission patterns- Growing drug resistance concerns and supply chain disruptions- Innovative community engagement strategies for prevention- Successes and challenges in vaccine introduction- Cultural barriers to early treatment seeking- Local adaptations of bed net distribution methods- Strategies for reaching remote communities, especially during floods- Special approaches for protecting pregnant women and childrenThis enabled meaningful exchange despite geographical and technological barriers.This innovative format aimed to enable authentic exchange of practical, experiential knowledge that complements scientific expertise, guidelines and plans.The event is part of TGLF’s peer learning to action process that includes:1. Structured pre-event knowledge sharing through targeted questions2. Direct exchange and network building during events3. Post-event support to turn insights into action through facilitated planning and implementationFor global health funders and malaria partners, this model offers a scalable approach to strengthening elimination efforts through locally-led action.Research has shown it can accelerate implementation of new approaches by up to 7x compared to traditional methods, with particular effectiveness in fragile contexts.The special event also demonstrated how digital platforms can enable meaningful practitioner exchange at scale.By connecting those closest to the challenges with those shaping global strategy, such exchanges help ensure malaria elimination efforts are grounded in local realities while building health workers’ capacity to lead change in their communities.This is a replay of the Special Event recorded on 10 December 2024.
To end malaria, we must empower the people closest to the problem – health workers in affected communities.A special event organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) in partnership with RBM Partnership to End Malaria brought together health workers from every malaria-endemic country to share firsthand experiences fighting malaria.Over 1,700 health professionals (619 francophone and 1,096 anglophone) registered for this bilingual event, which connected practitioners across language barriers from high-burden countries including Nigeria, DRC, Kenya, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon.The partnership aims to integrate community-based health workers’ insights into global malaria elimination strategies.Health workers shared powerful testimonials and practical experiences:- Impacts of extreme weather and flooding on disease transmission patterns- Growing drug resistance concerns and supply chain disruptions- Innovative community engagement strategies for prevention- Successes and challenges in vaccine introduction- Cultural barriers to early treatment seeking- Local adaptations of bed net distribution methods- Strategies for reaching remote communities, especially during floods- Special approaches for protecting pregnant women and childrenThis enabled meaningful exchange despite geographical and technological barriers.This innovative format aimed to enable authentic exchange of practical, experiential knowledge that complements scientific expertise, guidelines and plans.The event is part of TGLF’s peer learning to action process that includes:1. Structured pre-event knowledge sharing through targeted questions2. Direct exchange and network building during events3. Post-event support to turn insights into action through facilitated planning and implementationFor global health funders and malaria partners, this model offers a scalable approach to strengthening elimination efforts through locally-led action.Research has shown it can accelerate implementation of new approaches by up to 7x compared to traditional methods, with particular effectiveness in fragile contexts.The special event also demonstrated how digital platforms can enable meaningful practitioner exchange at scale.By connecting those closest to the challenges with those shaping global strategy, such exchanges help ensure malaria elimination efforts are grounded in local realities while building health workers’ capacity to lead change in their communities.This is the English-language recording of the Special Event recorded on 10 December 2024.
Join us for the live stream of Teach to Reach 11's morning sessions on December 5, 2024, where over 23,000 health professionals from 70+ countries come together to share experiences and drive positive change in global health.Request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachNeed the direct link to join Teach to Reach 11? Visit: https://bit.ly/TeachToReach11Why participate in Teach to Reach? Follow this link https://redasadki.me/2024/10/03/why-participate-in-teach-to-reach-11/Whether you are a community health worker, program manager, or global health professional, these sessions offer valuable perspectives on tackling today's most urgent health challenges through collaborative learning and local action.This stream is for the English session on Thursday morning. While you cannot participate directly in the networking, you can share your thoughts and experiences in the comments. Our team reads all comments and will incorporate your insights into the ongoing discussions.Stay tuned for another live stream in the afternoon featuring sessions on immunization, malaria prevention, and climate change impacts on health.
Join us for the live stream of Teach to Reach 11's afternoon sessions on December 5, 2024.Schedule (all times UTC+1):13:00-13:45 - Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative14:00-14:30 - Preview: Health workers unite to end malaria14:30-15:30 - Climate change and Health15:30-16:30 - Networking SessionRequest your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachNeed the direct link to join Teach to Reach 11? Visit: https://bit.ly/TeachToReach11Why participate in Teach to Reach? Follow this link https://redasadki.me/2024/10/03/why-participate-in-teach-to-reach-11/Whether you are a community health worker, program manager, or global health professional, these sessions offer valuable perspectives on tackling today's most urgent health challenges through collaborative learning and local action.This stream is for the English session on Thursday afternoon. While you cannot participate directly in the networking, you can share your thoughts and experiences in the comments. Our team reads all comments and will incorporate your insights into the ongoing discussions.If you missed the morning sessions, you can find recordings on our channel. Stay engaged with health professionals from over 70 countries as we work together to strengthen local health systems and drive positive change in our communities.
Ahead of Teach to Reach 11, you are invited to join REACH, the new network for leaders of local government health agencies and civil society organizations.This REACH session is open to everyone. It will include:1. an information briefing and2. a networking session to meet fellow REACH leaders from other countries.Learn more about REACH: New leadership network connects health organizations tackling common challengeshttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-leadership-network-connects-health-organizations-zymoe/To join the REACH network, your organization will need to become a Teach to Reach Partner.Instructions on how to become a Partner will be shared during the session.You are welcome to share this opportunity with other organizations that are working for the good of your community.
Health Workers From 70+ Countries Connect to Share Solutions at Teach to Reach 11Over 24,550 health professionals gathered virtually on December 5, 2024, for the opening of Teach to Reach 11, marking significant growth from the 21,398 participants who attended the previous session in June. The peer learning platform connects health workers across borders to share practical solutions to pressing health challenges."I learned that if I look inwards, I can find ways to address challenges without waiting for donors or government," said Professor Beckie Tagbo from Nigeria's University Teaching Hospital. "You can actually use minimal resources to address challenges. It has led me to address several challenges in my place of work, including vaccine hesitancy."The opening session highlighted how climate change is altering disease patterns in unexpected ways. "Unlike previous years, malaria now occurs throughout the year, not just during peak periods," reported Grace Longway, a government health worker from Zambia. "With global warming, we're seeing malaria cases consistently rather than seasonally."Local organizations are bringing substantial teams to participate, demonstrating the platform's growing influence at the community level. "Nine of our staff have already signed in this morning," said Nduka Ozo, executive director of the Center for HIV/AIDS and STD Research in Nigeria. "When you hear from different participants from the field, you'll be able to know what they are doing rightly or wrongly, especially as we are working in the grassroots."The conference structure reflects a shift from traditional top-down approaches. Before the main event, participants shared their experiences through targeted questions, creating a foundation for practical, solution-focused discussions. The agenda includes sessions on malaria prevention, climate health risks, and immunization programs.Boma Otobo, a state facilitator in Nigeria, raised two critical challenges facing health workers: "First, how do we involve the private sector, given that funding from the public sector is reducing? Second, how do we handle health worker fatigue? A lot of health workers are breaking down, going from one program to the other."Started in January 2021 with 300 health professionals preparing for COVID-19 vaccination, Teach to Reach has grown into a global platform where 80% of participants work at district and facility levels. Half are government workers, and one in five work in areas affected by armed conflict.The two-day event features plenary sessions, workshops led by partners and experts, and one-on-one networking opportunities. Participants can earn certification as Teach to Reach contributors, and their shared experiences inform a growing knowledge base for health workers worldwide.A special follow-up session on malaria is scheduled for December 10, in partnership with RBM Partnership to End Malaria, reflecting the platform's expansion beyond its original immunization focus to address broader health challenges affecting local communities.
REACH network connects health leaders to share malaria experiencesThe Geneva Learning Foundation hosted its second English-language REACH session on November 20, 2024, connecting health leaders from 45 countries to share frontline malaria experiences. The session highlighted a new partnership between RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Teach to Reach.Request your invitation for Teach to Reach: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachSpecial Event on malaria: Health professionals can request invitations at https://www.learning.foundation/malaria## Global partnership targets malaria "To end malaria, we must empower the people closest to the problem - health workers in affected communities," said Antonio Pizzuto, Partnership Manager at RBM. "This partnership allows us to listen to and learn from those on the frontlines of malaria control, ensuring their voices drive our global strategies."## What is REACH?REACH is a new component of Teach to Reach, the global platform to meet, network, and learn. The initiative, designed specifically for organizational leaders, offers:1. Special networking opportunities for leaders2. One-on-one meetings3. Dedicated communication channels## Session formatLeaders met in virtual breakout rooms of 4-5 participants for focused discussions about malaria prevention, treatment access, and community engagement. Through structured sharing of experiences, participants explored common challenges and local solutions.## Implementation challenges surfaceWHO's Ajai Patience in Nigeria described creative responses when mosquito nets were being repurposed: "For the mosquito nets, majority of them, mostly those who don't come to hospital regularly, use it to do their fish ponds. Some use it to do their vegetables." Her team developed targeted education during antenatal care: "We try to make them understand the importance of not having malaria in pregnancy... we visit them in the communities to see what they are doing."Professor Beckie Tagbo from Nigeria's University Teaching Hospital highlighted critical gaps in severe malaria treatment: "He works in a primary health care center unable to treat severe malaria. Patients must travel 60-70 kilometers to higher centers for treatment, and some lack the funds."In Kenya, Community Health Worker Taphurother Mutange shared their systematic outreach approach: "We have been subdivided into units as health workers. I've been given 100 households I visit every week. When they have problems or are sick, I refer them."WHO Public Health Specialist Mersha Gorfu in Ethiopia noted changing disease patterns: "Unlike previous years, malaria now occurs in high altitude areas and in patients who have no travel history."## Who attended?The session connected 169 health leaders representing:Organization types:- Civil Society Organizations (32%)- Government agencies including ministries of health (28%)- Other non-profit organizations (21%)- Educational institutions (11%)- International agencies (8%)Health system levels:- Community level (29%)- National level (26%)- District level (22%)- Regional level (15%)- International level (8%)Geographic representation with countries with highest number of participants:- West Africa (44%): Nigeria, Ghana- East Africa (31%): Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania- Southern Africa (12%): Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana- Asia (8%): India, Pakistan, Yemen- Europe and Americas (5%): United States, United Kingdom, Canada52% were first-time participants in REACH, while 48% had previously participated in Teach to Reach programs.## Looking aheadThis session builds momentum toward:1. The next REACH session on November 27 focusing on climate and health with Grand Challenges Canada2. Teach to Reach 11 in English on December 53. A special special event on malaria on December 10Health professionals can request invitations at https://www.learning.foundation/malariaThe initiative aims to complement existing technical forums by connecting implementation experience across levels of the health system, creating opportunities for practical learning between peers facing similar challenges in different contexts.
REACH for Leaders: Building a global network of locally-led health organization leadersTo join the REACH network, request your invitation for Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreachOn 6 November 2024, The Geneva Learning Foundation hosted its first REACH (Relate, Engage, Act, Connect, Help) session for organizational leaders, marking a new initiative within the Teach to Reach program. The session brought together 333 leaders from health organizations worldwide to network, share challenges, and exchange solutions ahead of Teach to Reach 11.## What is REACH?REACH is a new component of Teach to Reach, the global platform to meet, network, and learn. The initiative, designed specifically for organizational leaders, offers:1. Special networking opportunities for leaders2. One-on-one meetings3. Dedicated communication channels## Session highlightsThe session introduced an innovative format where leaders could meet in small groups to share experiences and challenges. Dr. Thompson Igbu, WHO Team Lead for EPI in Sierra Leone, shared a powerful example of the value of these exchanges: “I engaged with a colleague from northern Ghana, where we discussed particularly the issues of climate change and how it is impacting health generally... Initially, it looked a little bit not too clear, but when you connect the dots, you realize that climate change actually is affecting health and by indication, also affecting immunization in some parts of the world.”## Impact and participant feedbackThe session demonstrated the power of peer learning and networking. As Fatima Zahra Obokorotaru, Public Health Educator from Nigeria, observed: “Whatever it is, you learn that you are not alone struggling in it and you get to meet others that have better experiences than you, and that also exposes you to learn from them.”## Looking ahead to Teach to Reach 11The REACH sessions are a preview of expanded networking opportunities at Teach to Reach 11, scheduled for December 5-6, 2024. The programme has seen remarkable growth, with over 23,000 health practitioners already registered for the upcoming session, compared to 21,398 participants in Teach to Reach 10.Antonio Pizzuto, Partnership Manager at RBM Partnership to End Malaria, emphasized the value of this collaboration: “We believe that through coordinated action, advocacy, and resource mobilization, we are driving forward all the initiatives that aim at eradicating this disease from our planet.”## Benefits for organizational leadersREACH offers leaders unique opportunities to:1. Connect with peers facing similar challenges2. Share and learn from diverse experiences3. Build lasting professional relationships4. Access a global network of health professionals5. Contribute to and learn from collective expertise## Who attended REACH?The inaugural REACH for Leaders sessions brought together 333 health organization leaders from 45 countries.The initiative attracted diverse health professionals, from executive directors and medical chiefs to epidemiologists and community health workers.The gender distribution showed 38% women and 62% men among participants.73% of attendees had previously participated in Teach to Reach programs, while 27% were first-time participants.## What types of organizations participated?Civil Society Organizations represented 31% of participants, with government agencies accounting for 27% and other non-profit organizations comprising 22%.Organizations represented multiple levels of the health system: 28% at community level, 26% at national level, 23% at district level, 15% at regional level, and 8% at international level.## What countries are participating?Regional distribution showed West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo) contributing 41% of participants.Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon) followed with 28% of attendees.East Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) represented 18% of participants.Asia (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Pakistan, Philippines, Tajikistan) accounted for 6% of attendance.European participation (Azerbaijan, Belgium, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland) stood at 3%.The Americas (Canada, El Salvador, Haiti, Peru) contributed 2% of participants.
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.
It is our great pleasure to announce the Commencement Ceremony celebrating the completion of Level 1 certification on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of immunization challenges and the development of actionable solutions to drive progress as part of the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative.During this memorable event, we will honor and celebrate participants who are eligible for the RCA Level 1 certificate of the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative.The Commencement Event agenda includes:1. Recognition and honoring of all founding members of the Nigeria IA2030 Collaborative2. Presentation of the list of RCA peer learning exercise participants who earned their Level 1 certificate3. Announcement of the final list of CSOs and organizations that are official partners of the collaborative 4. Announcement of the creation of the Nigeria IA2030 Collaborative leadership councilIf you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Collaborative.
Psychological First Aid in Action: Supporting a Child with Anxiety in MoldovaIn September 2024, the Commencement Ceremony for the first inaugural cohort of the Certificate peer learning programme on Psychological First Aid (PFA) took place. This program, focused on supporting children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, brought together professionals from various backgrounds to share experiences and refine their approaches to providing psychological support.One of the highlights of the ceremony was a case study presentation by Andrei Esanu, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist from the Republic of Moldova. Esanu, who also serves as the MHPSS co-chair of a technical working group in Moldova, shared his experience applying PFA principles to help a six-year-old boy experiencing anxiety at an educational center.## The Case StudyThe incident took place at an educational center run by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Moldova. A six-year-old boy, attending classes with his mother, suddenly experienced heightened anxiety during a session. The child's distress manifested in him hiding under a table, which not only affected him but also caused concern among the other children present.Esanu's approach to the situation demonstrated key principles of Psychological First Aid:1. Calm Approach: Esanu approached the boy calmly, speaking softly and using non-threatening body language to provide reassurance. He knelt down to be at the child's eye level, creating a sense of safety and connection.2. Creating a Safe Space: With the help of the boy's mother, Esanu moved the child to a quieter room. This transition helped reduce stimuli and provided a more controlled environment for the boy to calm down.3. Collaboration: Esanu worked closely with the teacher to manage the situation, ensuring that the other children remained calm and that the overall classroom environment was balanced.4. Use of Familiar Objects: A toy that the boy was fond of was used as a tool to help him feel more secure in the environment. This familiar object served as a bridge between the child's comfort zone and the new situation.5. Parental Involvement: The center's approach of involving parents in the educational process proved beneficial. The presence of the boy's mother during the incident and the center's ongoing work with parents through a parents' club and parenting classes contributed to a supportive environment.## Applying PFA PrinciplesEsanu's intervention aligned with the core principles of PFA, which he summarized as "Look, Listen, and Link":- Look: He observed the boy's anxiety and assessed the need for a safe space.- Listen: Through non-verbal cues and a calm tone, Esanu established a supportive presence.- Link: He connected the boy with his parents and later with a psychologist for further support.## Outcomes and ReflectionsOver the following weeks, the boy showed gradual improvement, increasingly participating in group activities. This progress suggested enhanced psychosocial well-being. Esanu noted that the child's enthusiasm for attending classes grew, with him even expressing a desire to attend on days when the center was closed.Reflecting on the experience, Esanu emphasized the importance of:1. Creating safe spaces in educational settings where children can retreat during moments of distress.2. Providing workshops for parents on supporting their children's mental health and managing anxiety.3. Training teachers in PFA principles to create a more supportive overall environment.## The Value of Peer LearningEsanu highlighted the significance of the peer learning experience offered by the Certificate program. He found that discussions with peers deepened his understanding of non-verbal communication in situations involving anxious children and provided new strategies for creating a balanced environment that supports both the distressed child and the rest of the class.This case study presentation at the Commencement Ceremony not only showcased the practical application of PFA principles but also demonstrated the value of shared learning experiences in enhancing the skills of professionals working with children affected by humanitarian crises. As the inaugural cohort of this program concludes, the insights and experiences shared promise to inform and improve future interventions in similar situations across the region.
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.
Farewell messages ahead of Monday's Official Launch Event for the first Nigeria Immunization Collaborativehttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## [No spoken content, only music and applause]The transcript contains no spoken words, only descriptions of music, applause, and cheering. This suggests an atmosphere of celebration and excitement as the collaborative prepares for its official launch on Monday.
Daily planner for the first peer learning exercisehttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## 16-day roadmap: Nigeria Immunization Collaborative’s first peer learning exerciseThe first peer learning exercise runs from July 22nd to August 11th.Key activities include:- Launch event (July 22)- Practicing root cause analysis in groups (July 23)- Exploration sessions (July 24)- Peer matching for private conversations (July 25)- Submitting root cause analysis (July 26)- Peer review (July 29-31)- Receiving and incorporating feedback (August 1-5)- Final general assembly to present revised analyses (August 6)“Do not suffer in silence. We have a number of solutions for you.”Participants are encouraged to seek help if needed and actively engage throughout the exercise.
Who is behind the Immunization Collaborative?https://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## Nigerian health workers join forces with UNICEF and NPHCDA to tackle immunization challengesThe Nigeria Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Collaborative is a partnership between:- The Geneva Learning Foundation- UNICEF- National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)It aims to bring together health workers from across Nigeria to help the country do better in protecting every child from vaccine-preventable diseases."It does not matter who you are, what your job is or where you work, what matters is that you want to make a difference."The Collaborative is open to all health workers, especially those facing challenges such as:- Children who have not been vaccinated or missed vaccines- Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases- Communities that do not trust vaccines or are hard to reach
Induction Ceremony on 15 July 2024 to welcome new Members to the Collaborativehttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## First Nigerian Immunization Collaborative inducts members from all 36 states and 239 LGAs- Partnership between TGLF alumni ambassadors, NPHCDA, and UNICEF- Members inducted from all 36 states and 239 local government areas- Full list of inducted members shared, showcasing diverse roles and locations- Over 2,700 health leaders expressed interest, with many completing the detailed application process"This is not only about showing up and listening, this is about thinking and doing together."The collaborative officially starts on Monday, 22nd of July, focusing on learning, taking action, and collaborating together.
What are the benefits of the Immunization Collaborative?https://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## Participants highlight learning from peers, developing critical thinking skills, and receiving feedback as top reasons to joinFour immediate benefits of participating in the rigorous day-by-day exercise:1. Gain practical skills2. Learn from your peers3. Receive feedback4. Develop critical thinking skillsParticipants share their reasons for choosing specific benefits:- Usman Mamatukuru on receiving feedback: "In getting feedback, you know that his experience is it on the right track. And if it is on the right track, another colleague will add another value or will make a correction so that he can adjust and correct his experience based on the previous experience he has."- Anonymous participant on developing critical thinking skills:"By the time when you get to experience other people, it develops your critical thinking and you know that okay, this level that you are as a person or as a professional, there is always room for improvement and you can actually develop your critical thinking skills."The collaborative offers long-term career impact, real-world solutions, and an investment in professional growth and the health of Nigerian children.
Practical example of Root Cause Analysishttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## Asking “why” five times: Uncovering the real causes of recurring malaria in childrenUsing a practical example of a child repeatedly treated for malaria, the Collaborative demonstrates the root cause analysis approach.Instead of settling for quick fixes, participants are encouraged to ask “why” five times to uncover the underlying issues:1. Why does this child keep getting malaria?2. Why are so many children in your village getting malaria?3. Why are there so many mosquitoes near your homes?4. Why is there stagnant water around the village?5. Why are the drainage systems blocked and broken?“Once you’ve asked why five times, what you find is very different from where you started out, regardless of how much or how little you know about malaria and the context of that particular community.”This showcases how the Collaborative will approach immunization challenges during the peer learning exercise.
What States and LGAs are represented in the Immunization Collaborative?https://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## 65,320 health workers invited, 239 LGAs represented in Nigeria Immunization Collaborative- Nigerian movement leaders have reported sharing the Collaborative with 65,320 fellow health workers as of July 15th- 101 leaders have personally shared with colleagues- Expressions of interest have grown from 132 on June 17th to 2,711 by July 15th- Partner organizations have increased from 12 to 166- Applications received from 36 states, with 239 local government areas representedTop challenges identified include:1. Adults and children missing their vaccinations2. Reaching zero-dose and missed communitiesLess than half of the Collaborative participants are women, despite them making up over 70% of the health workforce.
Quick overview and key dates for the first peer learning exercisehttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## Nigeria Immunization Collaborative kicks off July 22nd: Root cause analysis in just 4 days!The first peer learning exercise of the Nigeria Immunization Collaborative starts on July 22nd.Participants will have:- 4 days to develop a root cause analysis of their immunization challenge- 5 days for peer review and feedback- 5 more days to submit the final versionCertification will be awarded based on completion of activities. The exercise requires:- Reliable internet connection- 5-6 hours of work over three weeks“You may think that you know what is the cause of that challenge. We’re going to ask you to ask why five times to dig deeper into the issue.”
Nigerian health leaders welcome new Members to the Immunization Collaborativehttps://www.learning.foundation/nigeria## Experienced TGLF scholars and alumni ambassadors share words of welcome and encouragement- Adamu Lodo Abubakar commends the collaborative for bringing together diverse health workers and stakeholders"I'm very sure at the end of this activity, each and everyone will be impacted positively toward the achieving the immunization agenda in 2030."- Anifat Egunjobi welcomes colleagues and expresses gratitude to the sponsoring organizations"I believe together we fight the fuzzing preventable diseases. Kudos to all of us."- Loretta Ahokweme highlights the significance of the program being focused on Nigeria"It's a wonderful thing. And I say a very big thank you to Reda and Charlotte. And welcome all my colleagues all over the country for joining this program."The collaborative provides a platform for health workers to learn from each other and make a difference in their communities.
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.
The 1 July 2024 meeting of the first Nigeria Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Collaborative announced the names of the first batch of Nigeria health leaders inducted into the Collaborative.Learn more and apply https://www.learning.foundation/nigeriaWatch the recording to hear from Nigerian health leaders and find out who is joining the Collaborative – and why.As of 1 July, 699 health professionals had already expressed interest in joining the Collaborative.Those inducted to the Collaborative come from 33 states, 71 LGAs, a mix of health system levels.Forty percent are women.46 Nigerian organizations – including an eclectic mix of local government agencies, civil society organizations, and private businesses like pharmacies – have already become official Partners of the Collaborative.Why are health leaders coming together to launch this Collaborative? “In Nigeria, many children do not receive the vaccines that they need. As health workers, I think we can do more if we come together to see how we can reduce the number of under-immunized children.”In this dialogue, participants shared their immunization challenges and the goals they hope to achieve through the Collaborative. The top three challenges identified by the Collaborative are reaching zero-dose children, missed vaccinations, and disruptions to routine immunization.The Collaborative is a partnership between the Geneva Learning Foundation, UNICEF, and Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to support health workers in strengthening routine immunization.
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/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/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 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
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/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. 🗺️⭐
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 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.
The Geneva Learning Foundation, convened the second meeting of its network of immunization leaders across Nigeria. The meeting laid the groundwork for the upcoming Nigeria Immunization Collaborative, in partnership with UNICEF and Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), a pioneering initiative to engage and empower health workers at all levels to strengthen routine immunization in the country.Set to officially launch on June 20 at the Teach to Reach 10 conference, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, the Collaborative will bring together health professionals from all 36 states and the FCT. Through peer learning, experience sharing, and locally-led projects, participants will develop solutions to overcome barriers to immunization, reaching underserved communities and marginalized populations.The Geneva Learning Foundation's strong alumni presence in Nigeria, the largest in its global network, forms the backbone of this effort. Alumni ambassadors and leaders of the country's Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) movement have already reached nearly 30,000 colleagues in their dissemination drive. Their insights are shaping the Collaborative's design to maximize impact and participation.Key recommendations emerging from the meeting include clearly communicating benefits to health workers, advocating for expanded roles for professionals such as pharmacists, engaging stakeholders at state and LGA levels, involving religious and community leaders, and emphasizing career advancement opportunities. By tailoring the approach to Nigeria's context, the organizers aim to attract a diverse cohort of committed immunization champions.Running from July 15-29, the Collaborative will feature virtual General Assembly sessions, peer support, and guided project development and review. Participants will earn competency-based certification upon completion. Beyond the exercise itself, insights generated will feed into national and state-level immunization strategies and policies.With COVID-19 disruptions leaving millions of Nigerian children un- or under-vaccinated, this groundbreaking initiative couldn't be more timely. Through country-wide collaboration, it promises to harness the immense potential of Nigeria's health workforce to reimagine immunization service delivery and secure a healthier future for every child.
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.
What is Nigeria’s new Immunization Collaborative?What is Nigeria’s Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030?How can this initiative empower Nigerian health professionals to tackle the country’s most pressing immunization challenges?What drives the passion and commitment of health workers working to ensure every child is protected against vaccine-preventable diseases?Join us for an exclusive look inside this groundbreaking initiative, facilitated by Geneva Learning Foundation’s Nigeria Alumni Ambassadors, in partnership with UNICEF and NPHCDA.Discover the potential impact of the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Collaborative and hear what your colleagues have to say about this initiative.Key points covered in the presentation:1. What is the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Collaborative?2. How does the collaborative build on the success of the global Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030?3. What will participants do in the collaborative?4. How can the initiative turn learning into action to contribute to accelerating progress toward Nigeria’s immunization goals?Participant responses to consultation questions:1. What are the major challenges faced by health professionals in immunization efforts? Hear directly from participants about the obstacles they encounter.2. Can peer learning help address these challenges? Find out what participants think about the potential of learning from colleagues’ experiences.3. Why do participants want to join the collaborative? Discover the motivation behind their eagerness to be part of this initiative.4. How can the collaborative be made more accessible and understandable? Learn about participants’ suggestions for improving communication about the initiative.5. Will supervisors support participation in the collaborative? Gain insight into the factors that influence buy-in from management.Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the Nigeria Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Collaboration and understand its potential to drive change in immunization efforts across the country.
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.
This is the first information briefing in English for the Certificate peer learning programme on Psychological First Aid (PFA) in support of children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.Are you involved in supporting children affected by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine?We want to support you!Funded by the #EU4Health programme of the European Commission, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and The Geneva Learning Foundation are offering an online Certificate peer-learning programme tailored for #health, #social work, and #education professionals working across Europe.3 top reasons to apply:1. Learn by sharing experience.2. Get fresh ideas to help you better support children.3. Earn certification to validate your experience.For more information, view this briefing.To apply, visit this link: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraineВи допомагаєте дітям, які постраждали від конфлікту в Україні?Ми хочемо вас підтримати!Міжнародна Федерація Товариств Червоного Хреста і Червоного Півмісяця (@ifrc) та Женевська освітня фундація (@DigitalScholarX) за фінансової підтримки програми #EU4Health @EuropeanCommission пропонують онлайн-навчання "рівний-рівному" з #ПершаПсихологічнаДопомога (ППД) дітям, розроблену для #медичних працівників, #соціальних працівників та #освітян, які працюють по всій Європі.3 головні причини подати заявку:1. Навчайтеся через обмін досвідом.2. Отримайте нові ідеї для підтримки дітей.3. Отримайте сертифікат, щоб підтвердити свій досвід.Щоб отримати додаткову інформацію та подати заявку, відвідайте: https://www.learning.foundation/ukraine-uk
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/
Are you a global partner seeking to strengthen local capacity? Watch this 10-minute presentation to understand why and how #TeachToReach can help global partners turn the idea of localization into practice.Dr María Monzón, TGLF's global partnerships coordinator, presented Teach to Reach to a group of global immunization partner communicators.Sustainable development depends on local actors leading efforts to improve their communities and working inclusively and collectively to see those efforts through.
🌟 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.”
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.
Real-world stories from the frontlines reveal how practitioners in Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda are developing tailored local solutions to bring equity to immunization. During this webinar, attendees will learn how practitioners are overcoming barriers to reach zero-dose children through unique approaches to identification, microplanning, community engagement, and integrated services. In addition, learning and immunization specialists will highlight opportunities to turn these real-world stories from lessons learned into actionable, replicable strategies that can be applied at the community and sub-national levels. Attendees will leave the webinar with a new understanding of how local activities can inform global efforts to leave no child behind.Speakers:- Heidi Reynolds, Senior Specialist, Evaluation and Learning, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance- Jenny Sequeira, Immunization and Strategic Technical Advisor, TGLF, ZDLH- Reda Sadki, Learning Science Specialist, CEO, TGLF, ZDLH- Frontline health workers from Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and UgandaThis webinar was recorded on January 24, 2024.
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
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
Watch the second Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) inter-country peer learning exchange, known as “ZDLH-X”.Learn more about the ZDLH https://zdlh.gavi.orgLearn more about ZDLH-X https://learningsi.notion.site/ZDLH-X-Participant-s-guide-c08967dc27f24d049cceffa0f283560d?pvs=4Topic 1: Integration - Maximizing opportunities to reach zero-dose children and missed communitiesTopic 2: Microplanning – planning, implementing, revising as a continuous ProcessThis event is one step in an ongoing peer learning initiative to mobilize the power of peer, networked learning:- Connect zero-dose practitioners to learn from each other- Invite global, regional, and country partners to listen, learn, and contributeZero-dose practitioners from two countries, Nigeria and Uganda, are featured in this second session recorded on 13 September 2023.Over 2,200 immunization staff registered from 90 countries to share experience of zero-dose. 84% of them work directly on zero-dose. 59% are sub-national staff.What do we mean by “zero-dose”?Zero-dose, un-vaccinated/un-immunized, left-outs- General definition: communities, clusters, populations, or children who are persistently missed by immunization services- Gavi definition: children who don’t receive a single dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis-containing vaccineBut…problems related to zero-dose are connected to problems of theunder-vaccinated/under-immunized, the drop-outs, and the partially vaccinated…and the communities where they live.- In some places, there are more under-immunized than zero-dose children.- So, for today’s discussion, we are talking about ALL OF THE ABOVE.How to share your zero-dose experience?1. What is the zero-dose situation where you work? How do you know?2. What are you doing about it, why, and how?3. How is it different from what you did before?4. How has it turned out so far?5. How do you know what you are doing is successful?Uganda - Topic 1: Integration- Scovia Okello: ANC Data for Birth & Vaccination Follow-up- Akello Rebecca: Community Outreach for Service IntegrationNigeria - Topic 1: Integration- Abubakar Muhammad Amali: Service Integration to Reduce Missed Vaccination Opportunities- Magaji Adamu: Utilizing Missed Opportunities for Vaccination- Nneka Onwu: Finding and Vaccinating ZDCs during MNCH Weeks- Dr. Adamu Umar Haruna: Peer Education in Conflict ZonesNigeria - Topic 2: Microplanning- Aminu Yahaya: Community-Centered Microplanning- Halima Buba: Community Engagement via Women's Collectives- Dr. Ahmad Tijjani Habibu: Microplanning for ZDCs and Missed CommunitiesUganda - Topic 2: Microplanning- Edwin Mbusa: Community Involvement in Microplanning- Muhangi Ambrose: Outreach Redesign & Mobilizer LinkageAcknowledgementsNigeriaDr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)Dr. Bassey Okpossen, Director, Disease Control and Immunization Coordinator, National Emergency RI Coordination Centre (NERRIC)UgandaDr. Henry Mwebesa, Director General Health Services, Ministry of Health Dr. Michael Baganizi, UNEPI Manager, Uganda National Expanded Programme on ImmunizationGuides on the side- TGLF Alumna Boma Otobo, Former Deputy Programme Manager, NERICC- TGLF Alumna Dr. Rita Atugonza, Deputy Program Manager, Uganda MoH- Jenny SequeiraSenior Immunization Advisor - Dr François Gasse, Senior Immunization Advisor Gavi Country Learning Hub partners- Bangladesh: RedOrange, ICDDR,b, JHPIEGO- Mali: GaneshAID, CAPEV- Nigeria: AFENET- Uganda: IDRC, PATH, Makerere University School of Public HealthThe Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) wishes to thank Gavi and JSI for their leadership of the Gavi Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH).
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.
Are you a health professional concerned about the effects of climate change on the health of the community you serve?Learn more and request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/climateThis special event is for frontline health professionals who are concerned about the effects of climate on communities. You do not need any special expertise in climate science to participate or to share your observations.Whether we are a community health worker, nurse, doctor, midwife, pharmacist, public health specialist, or any other health practitioner, our firsthand experience and observations can help better understand the relationship between climate and health.Country, region, and global climate and/or health partners are invited to listen and learn.This Special Event is supported by The Geneva Learning Foundation and Bridges to Development.
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
Watch the first Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) inter-country peer learning exchange, known as “ZDLH-X”.This event is one step in an ongoing peer learning initiative to mobilize the power of peer, networked learning:- Connect zero-dose practitioners to learn from each other- Invite global, regional, and country partners to listen, learn, and countribiteZero-dose practitioners from two countries, Bangladesh and Mali, are featured in this inaugural session recorded on 31 May 2023.1,964 immunization staff registered from 84 countries to share experience of zero-dose. 89% of them work directly on zero-dose. 61% are sub-national staff.Case studies discussed include:1. Case Study: Md Sorwer Alam (Male, District level, Bangladesh). Finding zero-dose and missed communities in Chattogram City Corporation2. Case Study: Dr Fantamady Camara (Male, Region, UNICEF Mali). Finding zero-dose and missed communities. Community engagement in urban areas.3. Case Study: Fousseyni Dembele (Male, Health facility, Mali). Finding zero-dose and missed communities in areas of insecurity. Community engagement in rural remote areas.What do we mean by “zero-dose”?Zero-dose, un-vaccinated/un-immunized, left-outs- General definition: communities, clusters, populations, or children who are persistently missed by immunization services- Gavi definition: children who don’t receive a single dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis-containing vaccineBut…problems related to zero-dose are connected to problems of theunder-vaccinated/under-immunized, the drop-outs, and the partially vaccinated…and the communities where they live.- In some places, there are more under-immunized than zero-dose children.- So, for today’s discussion, we are talking about ALL OF THE ABOVE.How to share your zero-dose experience?1. What is the zero-dose situation where you work? How do you know?2. What are you doing about it, why, and how?3. How is it different from what you did before?4. How has it turned out so far?5. How do you know what you are doing is successful?Zero-dose practitioners reflected on two cross-cutting challenges.Challenge 1What: Estimating the number of ZD and finding clusters of ZD and communities missed by immunization services Why: Understanding where and who are the persistently missed and under-immunized children/pregnant women & underserved communities, to adjust strategies to reach them. How: Tell us about your experiences with how you find and follow-up on ZD/missed communities, as well as why you know your approach is working; please be specific and provide step-by-step details without acronymsChallenge 2What: Consistently engaging with communitiesWhy: Understanding difficulties in reaching and fully vaccinating all children in urban poor as well as rural remote areas because of health services that are reaching people are not meeting people’s needs, migration/movement of people, mistrust, beliefs, and more. How: Tell us about your experiences with how you have engaged with communities and what has been the result in both urban and rural contexts; please be as specific as possible and provide step-by-step details without acronyms.AcknowledgementsBangladesh- Dr. S M Abdullah Al Murad, Program Manager-EPI and Member Secretary- Dr. Monjurul Islam Fuad, Deputy Program Manager, Field ServiceMali- Dr Kalifa Keita, Directeur Général Adjoint de la Santé - Dr Fanta NIARE, Directeur du Centre d’apprentissage pour l’équité vaccinale (CAPEV) du Mali- Dr Ibrahima Diarra, Directeur du Centre national d’Immunisation (CNI) du MaliGavi Country Learning Hub partners- Bangladesh: RedOrange, ICDDR,b, JHPIEGO- Mali: GaneshAID, CAPEV- Nigeria: AFENET- Uganda: IDRC, PATH, Makerere University School of Public HealthThe Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) wishes to thank Gavi and JSI for their leadership of the Gavi Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH).
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
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countriesThe Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement
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.
Today’s experience sharing session on 23 November 2021 was part of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Impact Accelerator.
Focus: Primary Health Care (PHC) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Dr. Folake Olayinka, Chair of Immunization Agenda 2030 Strategic Priority Area 1, Working Group on Immunization programs for Primary Health Care & Universal Health coverage, joined this session to listen and learn with participants.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse with Jenny Sequeira.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme were selected to participate in the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad from 8 November to 3 December 2021.
On Monday 15 November, participants who are implementing IA2030 action plans are sharing their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
This Accelerator is the first of a series of initiatives to help achieve Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
IA2030 is the world’s strategy for the entire decade. The Accelerator is an opportunity to join and contribute to this nascent global Movement.
The Accelerator is not a course. The focus is on the actions you will take in your work, not on formal learning.
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
Presentation by the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Charlotte Mbuh on behalf of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) at the Asian Vaccine Conference 2022 on 17 September 2022
More information about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Organised by the Immunisation Partners in Asia Pacific (IPAP), the theme of ASVAC 2022 is ‘IMMUNISATION IN THE ERA OF PANDEMICS’.
ASVAC 2022 aims to provide participants unparalleled insights into the latest research, vaccine developments and treatments in the field of vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisation through its comprehensive scientific programme led by regional vaccinology experts.
This video is an excerpt from Symposium 4. For the full recording, please visit the Asian Vaccine Conference web site https://asianvaccine.com/
Presenters at the Symposium 4: Communication and Advocacy * Moderator: Dineshani Hettiarachchi (Sri Lanka): Latest Strategies to * Communicate Vaccine Safety: Pramod Jog (India), Prof. of Pediatrics. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, India * Communicating impact of COVID on childhood immunisation: Dr Lois Privor (United States of America) * Immunisation Agenda 2030: Geneva Learning Foundation: Dr Charlotte Mbuh (Switzerland) * The Ethics of Challenge Studies to Fast Track Vaccine Development: Julian Savulescu (United Kingdom)
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.
Are you involved in COVID-19 vaccination? Are you working to strengthen confidence in vaccines to improve vaccine uptake?
At Teach to Reach: Connect 5 on March 4, 2022, over 8,500 national and sub-national immunization staff met to network and learn by sharing the strategies they have successfully used to strengthen confidence in COVID-19 vaccination.
In today’s Lightning Chat, we discuss these locally-grounded strategies with Heidi Larson.
Prof. Heidi J. Larson is an anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
What we learned about how to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy https://youtu.be/K7HQJUBAng4?t=2220
Teach to Reach Dialogue: Challenging vaccine hesitancy in districts and health facilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtGwmxEuWKg
On 17th June at Teach to Reach Connect: 6, The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit will launch the report: Overcoming barriers to vaccine acceptance in the community: Key learning from the experiences of 734 frontline health workers.
Subscribe to TGLF’s Insight to receive selected excerpts as well as the full report https://www.learning.foundation/insights
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.
This Lightning Chat is, in a way, a follow-up to a workshop with Heidi Larson – a few months before COVID-19 vaccine began to reach countries in Africa – where she met Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub who had just completed developing case studies of how they successfully overcame vaccine hesitancy.
View the COVID-19 Peer Hub Vaccine Confidence Workshop with Heidi Larson (17 December 2020) https://youtu.be/-djx3tZnb7c?t=239
The Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP) is conducting global studies to track public sentiment and emotions around current and potential measures to contain and treat COVID-19, as well as, more generally, exploring how to better understand and strengthen public trust.
Many members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub are now active in the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn more about the Movement: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Vaccine hesitancy: Testimonies and case studies from the COVID-19 Peer Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcntkdYTHL0
COVID-19 vaccine introduction: Q&A with Susan MacKay from GAVI about vaccine hesitancy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oMZQH9L_RM
COVID-19 Peer Hub workshop with Lisa Menning (WHO): Exploring vaccine hesitancy and demand promotion https://youtu.be/UCBA_zuh88o?t=528
Session 5 Action plan presentations (15 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Session 4 peer support (18 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Session 4 peer support (15 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Session 3 peer support (14 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Session 3 peer support (13 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Full plenary Session 2 (12 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Tackling challenges of VPD surveillance ITCH (session 3 of 3): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Tackling challenges of VPD surveillance ITCH (session 2 of 3): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Best practices in VPD surveillance from Bangladesh and Ghana: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Next steps for VPD surveillance course participants (12 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Full plenary Session 2 (12 July 2022): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Feedback on Session 1: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Full plenary sessions: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Opening Ceremony: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Best practices and lessons learned: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Group problem-solving session: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Introduction by Anna Minta (WHO): WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
Presentations by the breakout groups: WHO Scholar Level 2 certification course on Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance
This advanced course will focus on the implementation of the global strategy for comprehensive VPD surveillance at country level to ensure that country VPD surveillance systems are comprehensive, high-quality, and sustainable to detect and confirm cases and outbreaks and generate usable information to guide public health response and programme planning.
This interactive online course is targeted at: * VPD surveillance and immunization programme staff working in Ministries of Health (MOH) at national and sub-national levels, and * Staff working at WHO country offices, partner agencies, and universities that provide technical support to country MOH VPD surveillance and immunization programmes.
The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national VPD surveillance and immunization programme management and planning.
Laboratory staff whose tasks include VPD testing are also encouraged to apply.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/who-scholar-level-2-certification-comprehensive-VPD-surveillance
COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event Enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake through risk communication and community engagement among high-risk and vulnerable groups
COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event Enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake through risk communication and community engagement among high-risk and vulnerable groups
PRESENTATION Using Social Media to Reach the Elderly in the Philippines
PRESENTER Professor Emeritus Lulu C. Bravo, M.D.Member of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (Philippines)
Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 joined the UNICEF-led COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event on 22-23 June 2022. The focus was on enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake through risk communication and community engagement among high-risk and vulnerable groups.
Partners: U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Collective Service for Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Gavi, the Geneva Learning Foundation, USAID, IFRC, and WHO
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Two Members of the Movement presented during the session on “Service quality interventions that meet people on their terms”. This session was facilitated by Sheetal Sharma, Senior Immunization Advisor, CORE Group.
PROBLEM STATEMENT Elderly are vulnerable and at high risk for serious COVID
Communication and support strategies require adaptation to specific needs of vulnerable groups
SITUATION OVERVIEW Describe in a few points the context Our 85-year-old mother and grandmother was reluctant to have a COVID vaccine for fear of adverse events following immunization, insisted that she is not used to being vaccinated, and said that she would just stay home to avoid COVID
Explain briefly how you diagnosed the reasons for low uptake She was scared because of reports from media and other friends saying that the vaccine can cause harm
THE SOLUTION Describe briefly how you selected the interventions used Since her son is known to us we thought of an occasion, Mothers Day to show her that her son wanted her to be safe by being vaccinated and asked the expert panel to talk to her and convince her to get the COVID vaccine
Explain briefly what you did We featured her in our podcast program for Facebook users to air her concerns and talk to several experts who are vaccinologists, some of which were known to her.
Primary group engaged: specifically indicate if/how you engaged high-risk and vulnerable groups …Through Social media and Facebook contacts, we encouraged people to join us every Saturday night and let us know their problems and talk to real experts to give their advice. We also feature an intermission dance and some relaxation exercises at times to relieve the stresses they feel.
Describe how you measured outcomes Not long after our podcast the son told us his mom was happy to be vaccinated and we had her again on the subsequent podcast to tell her story.
Describe briefly the results of the interventions She got the vaccine and said she felt loved by our group
Were you able to measure impact? How? Yes in many ways if we get a success story like this, meaning people say they are convinced that the vaccine will be safe and working effectively and willing to tell others about it, we are indeed happy and grateful. We believe that gradually, the numbers of those vaccine hesitants are decreasing in our country but we have to continue to get the right information to people and discriminate against fake news and disinformation.
Provide tips and learnings on what worked with this approach The Mom felt that her son really wanted her to be safe and will get the experts to listen and talk to her
What were the enabling factors to ensure success? Son was expressing his love and concern for his mom and made the special occasion of Mothers Day to express his feelings.
Think about how this approach could be applied in other contexts – what should colleagues know to adapt it? Understanding the nature and feelings of family and loved ones would be beneficial to make those hesitant to feel better secure and perhaps choosing special occasions and demonstrations of love and affection would really help.
Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 joined the UNICEF-led COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event on 22-23 June 2022. The focus was on enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake through risk communication and community engagement among high-risk and vulnerable groups.
Partners: U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Collective Service for Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Gavi, the Geneva Learning Foundation, USAID, IFRC, and WHO
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Two Members of the Movement presented during the session on “Service quality interventions that meet people on their terms”. This session was facilitated by Sheetal Sharma, Senior Immunization Advisor, CORE Group.
Côte d’Ivoire Hackathon to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination: Presentation at the UNICEF COVID-19 Vaccine Demand Global Event
SITUATION OVERVIEW * National team planned COVID-19 vaccination campaign for December 2021 * Health workforce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is a potentially significant hurdle to role as “trusted adviser” to communities * Health workforce (HRH) capabilities are obviously key to success, but time is not available for traditional capability development processes. * Lessons learned need to be shared rapidly, especially how to adapt national guidance to local contexts, but existing mechanisms are primarily vertical (top-down)
PROBLEM STATEMENT How to rapidly strengthen INHP-EPI and partner staff HRH capabilities based on “what works”, ahead of a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign (10-20 December 2021) to vaccinate 6 million people in Côte d’Ivoire.
A health worker shared this testimonial: “I was so afraid of the vaccine that I refused to get vaccinated even though I was encouraging communities to do so. After three months of observing my colleagues who had already been vaccinated, I took my courage in both hands and vaccinated myself. I now feel comfortable again to continue community outreach.”
THE SOLUTION IN 7 DAYS: TGLF’s fully-digital Hackathon package was deployed by a country-based team of alumni volunteers with EPI and INPH support to connect more than 500 country and health workers who developed 165 context-specific action plans to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination.
Capability development embedded into activities focused on urgent priorities, rather than requiring stakeholders to set aside priorities in order to learn.
MEASUREMENT * Outcomes measured by national EPI through actual vaccination uptake during national campaign matched to implementation of Hackathon action plans. * Hackathon participants self-reported implementation; shared photos of actual implementation of their action plans.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INTERVENTION Country and health worker ownership: Led by the TGLF alumni network in Côte d’Ivoire embedded in national EPI team, with participation from all system levels and peers from 20 other countries.
Speed: In 10 days, TGLF developed the hackathon with the Côte d’Ivoire Alumni team. Over nine days, without stopping their daily work, participants developed 165 peer-reviewed context-specific action plans, primarily to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Scale: In five days, 501 applicants were recruited.
Diversity: Ivorian participants represented 96 health districts (85% of total) in Côte d’Ivoire: 51% district, 21% facility, 15% national, 11% regional.
Impact: If implemented, action plans estimated to vaccinate 3.5M people with a funding gap requiring an additional 0.26 USD per vaccination. 71% of participants implemented their action plans during the national vaccination campaign. 82% of respondents reported having found a solution to better conduct the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Sustainability: 78% of respondents felt “capable” of using the methodology for their own needs, and 82% want to organize their own hackathon with their colleagues.
KEY TAKE-AWAYS 1. Hackathon participants found local solutions that they were able to integrate and use in the campaign to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, and respond to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
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Health workers’ own confidence in COVID-19 vaccine and their vaccination status is consistently reported as one of the most important factors in successfully engaging communities.
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Country-wide digital peer learning networks connecting different system levels foster motivation to share what is learned, accelerate problem-solving, and adapt national guidelines to local contexts.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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The inauguration took place during Teach to Reach: Connect, the world’s largest networking event for health professionals, and was attended by Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 together with national and international immunization partners.
Your personal invitation to the 1st International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030
Click here to view the Exhibition on Instagram. Follow and share to view new photos as they are added. https://www.instagram.com/thegenevalearningfoundation/
1,000 photos have been submitted by Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 ‘laser focused’ on reaching the millions of ‘zero dose’ children left behind. New photos are being shared every day.
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.
Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history with wider benefits that accrue across a lifetime.
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.
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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.
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
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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.
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
Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Movement Leaders Boma Otobo from Nigeria and Ruth Allotey from Ghana speak at the webinar on 9 June 2022 organized by the Gavi-supported the Zero-Dose Community of Practice (ZD COP) with the Immunization Agenda 2030 Working Group for Coverage and Equity (SP3), the Women Who Deliver Vaccines Collective, and the Geneva Learning Foundation.
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
Friday 17 June 16:00 – 17:00 (CEST) PLENARY 2. Listening and learning from the experience of women and men who are challenging gender barriers in immunization Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/zE13896553
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
Ahead of Teach to Reach: Connect 6, Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Movement Leader Ruth Allotey from Ghana speaks on gender barriers to immunization at the webinar organized by the Gavi-supported Zero Dose Community of Practice.
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
Friday 17 June 16:00 – 17:00 (CEST) PLENARY 2. Listening and learning from the experience of women and men who are challenging gender barriers in immunization Add to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/event/zE13896553
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
Join us on 17 June 2022 for Teach to Reach: Connect 6 Teach to Reach is the world’s largest networking event for health professionals
Request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
More than 8,000 health professionals have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Join us today for the Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn more and join the Movement https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
What is the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? • Most plans fail when we try to implement them. The Accelerator supports your success with simple activities that do not add to your workload. • The Geneva Learning Foundation has developed this innovative methodology to support implementation by field actors. It is about supporting each other to move forward more quickly in carrying out specific, corrective actions that make a difference.
Who is it for? The IA2030 Impact Accelerator is open to all health care staff working for immunization and other primary health care (PHC) at all levels of the health system.
When is this Impact Accelerator taking place? The Accelerator Launch Pad takes place from May 23 to June 17, 2022. You can join at any time by completing your IA2030 Action Plan. This is a fillable questionnaire that asks you to identify a challenge, your goal against that challenge, three specific actions, and key indicators.
What actually happens during the Impact Accelerator? • Each Monday, we challenge you to define one action that you will complete by Friday. This action should be something practical that helps you implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the week, you focus on carrying out this one action. • On Friday, we ask you if you did it – and how it turned out. You are also invited to share your experience, to help you and others learn what it takes to successfully implement an action plan. During the weekly Assembly, the entire Movement comes together to present the week’s successes and lessons learned, as well as the most significant challenges that are impeding your progress.
How much time is required? • It is up to you to estimate how long it will take to implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the four-week Launch Pad, there is a one-hour Assembly every Monday, supplemented by optional workshops on Tuesday and Friday to share your experience and to get help from your colleagues in implementing your Plan.
Will there be certification? • Upon completion of all certification requirements and validation of your IA2030 Action Plan by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners, you will receive an Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Level 1 certificate from the Foundation. • If you have already completed a situational analysis, the certificate you will receive will be a Level 2, reflecting your previous involvement in the IA2030 Movement.
What are the certification requirements? 1 Submit your IA2030 action plan. 2 Set a specific goal you will achieve by 17 June 2022. 3 When requested, complete reports to share your progress.
How are global immunization partners involved in the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? This is an opportunity to have your voice heard. We are collaborating with IA2030 working groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and other international partners. These groups are interested in consultative engagement to listen to and better support country-based immunization staff. Partners are especially interested in what makes a difference in ensuring that implementation leads to real improvements.
What if I cannot attend the Monday Assembly? The Monday session is the only time during the week when everyone from the IA2030 Movement is together at the same time. It is a great time for both practical information (what you need to do, when and how) and for inspiration (why you want to do it and how it will help your daily work). • You can watch the recordings or listen to the podcast afterwards. • You can join the Tuesday and Thursday experience sharing sessions.
Today's focus:
1) Melese Teferi from the National level in Ethiopia has as a challenge to reduce by 50% the number of zero-dose children in the country within the next 2 years. This week, his action is to meet with key stakeholders involved in introducing integrated immunization services.
2) Emmanuel Katugwa from Yobe State, Nigeria has carried out in complete risk analysis of Routine immunization and VPD surveillance performance by Local Government Area in his state and is now ready to discuss with key stakeholders on the appropriate mitigation activities.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Today's focus:
1) Melese Teferi from the National level in Ethiopia has as a challenge to reduce by 50% the number of zero-dose children in the country within the next 2 years. This week, his focus is on identifying key stakeholders involved in introducing integrated immunization services.
2) Dr. Ndaeyo Iwot from Nigeria is working with civil society organizations and other key stakeholders to increase funding for human resource recruitment in some priority Local Government areas in FCT, Abuja, Nigeria in order to improve upon immunization service delivery.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Today's focus:
1) Hassan Benya from Sierra Leone has the goal to improve the reporting rate of routine immunization to improve data quality. This week, his action is to engage District medical officers of ten health facilities and do a needs assessment in reporting tools.
2) Maryama A. Idris at the Sub-national level in Nigeria has a goal to increase vaccine uptake in her health facility by soliciting support from the LGA and State public health development agencies.
3) James V. T. Tuckolon from Liberia is engaging key academic stakeholders (teachers, principals, administrators, and parents) to secure their support and increase the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among school children in his health district.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Learn about one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa
This introduction by Dr Julie Jacobson includes a WHO perspective on the challenge by Dr Pamela Sabina and clinical experience from Dr Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland.
Schistosomiasis, is a waterborne neglected tropical disease of poverty with over 450 million people living at-risk. The parasite infects both the urinary and genital track in infected individuals. The urinary signs and symptoms are most prominently recognized, with bloody urine often being the first sign of infection and most often what is described in medical training.
What is frequently not recognized is that this parasite also affects the genital track. Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS), remains underreported, under- and misdiagnosed and largely untreated.
FGS has been described as the one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
More than 8,000 health professionals have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Join us today for the second week of the Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn more and join the Movement https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
What is the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? • Most plans fail when we try to implement them. The Accelerator supports your success with simple activities that do not add to your workload. • The Geneva Learning Foundation has developed this innovative methodology to support implementation by field actors. It is about supporting each other to move forward more quickly in carrying out specific, corrective actions that make a difference.
Who is it for? The IA2030 Impact Accelerator is open to all health care staff working for immunization and other primary health care (PHC) at all levels of the health system.
When is this Impact Accelerator taking place? The Accelerator Launch Pad takes place from May 23 to June 17, 2022. You can join at any time by completing your IA2030 Action Plan. This is a fillable questionnaire that asks you to identify a challenge, your goal against that challenge, three specific actions, and key indicators.
What actually happens during the Impact Accelerator? • Each Monday, we challenge you to define one action that you will complete by Friday. This action should be something practical that helps you implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the week, you focus on carrying out this one action. • On Friday, we ask you if you did it – and how it turned out. You are also invited to share your experience, to help you and others learn what it takes to successfully implement an action plan. During the weekly Assembly, the entire Movement comes together to present the week’s successes and lessons learned, as well as the most significant challenges that are impeding your progress.
How much time is required? • It is up to you to estimate how long it will take to implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the four-week Launch Pad, there is a one-hour Assembly every Monday, supplemented by optional workshops on Tuesday and Friday to share your experience and to get help from your colleagues in implementing your Plan.
Will there be certification? • Upon completion of all certification requirements and validation of your IA2030 Action Plan by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners, you will receive an Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Level 1 certificate from the Foundation. • If you have already completed a situational analysis, the certificate you will receive will be a Level 2, reflecting your previous involvement in the IA2030 Movement.
What are the certification requirements? 1 Submit your IA2030 action plan. 2 Set a specific goal you will achieve by 17 June 2022. 3 When requested, complete reports to share your progress.
How are global immunization partners involved in the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? This is an opportunity to have your voice heard. We are collaborating with IA2030 working groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and other international partners. These groups are interested in consultative engagement to listen to and better support country-based immunization staff. Partners are especially interested in what makes a difference in ensuring that implementation leads to real improvements.
What if I cannot attend the Monday Assembly? The Monday session is the only time during the week when everyone from the IA2030 Movement is together at the same time. It is a great time for both practical information (what you need to do, when and how) and for inspiration (why you want to do it and how it will help your daily work). • You can watch the recordings or listen to the podcast afterwards. • You can join the Tuesday and Thursday experience sharing sessions.
More than 8,000 health professionals have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Join us today for the global launch event of the Second Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn more and join the Movement https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
What is the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? • Most plans fail when we try to implement them. The Accelerator supports your success with simple activities that do not add to your workload. • The Geneva Learning Foundation has developed this innovative methodology to support implementation by field actors. It is about supporting each other to move forward more quickly in carrying out specific, corrective actions that make a difference.
Who is it for? The IA2030 Impact Accelerator is open to all health care staff working for immunization and other primary health care (PHC) at all levels of the health system.
When is this Impact Accelerator taking place? The Accelerator Launch Pad takes place from May 23 to June 17, 2022. You can join at any time by completing your IA2030 Action Plan. This is a fillable questionnaire that asks you to identify a challenge, your goal against that challenge, three specific actions, and key indicators.
What actually happens during the Impact Accelerator? • Each Monday, we challenge you to define one action that you will complete by Friday. This action should be something practical that helps you implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the week, you focus on carrying out this one action. • On Friday, we ask you if you did it – and how it turned out. You are also invited to share your experience, to help you and others learn what it takes to successfully implement an action plan. During the weekly Assembly, the entire Movement comes together to present the week’s successes and lessons learned, as well as the most significant challenges that are impeding your progress.
How much time is required? • It is up to you to estimate how long it will take to implement your IA2030 Action Plan. • During the four-week Launch Pad, there is a one-hour Assembly every Monday, supplemented by optional workshops on Tuesday and Friday to share your experience and to get help from your colleagues in implementing your Plan.
Will there be certification? • Upon completion of all certification requirements and validation of your IA2030 Action Plan by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners, you will receive an Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Level 1 certificate from the Foundation. • If you have already completed a situational analysis, the certificate you will receive will be a Level 2, reflecting your previous involvement in the IA2030 Movement.
What are the certification requirements? 1 Submit your IA2030 action plan. 2 Set a specific goal you will achieve by 17 June 2022. 3 When requested, complete reports to share your progress.
How are global immunization partners involved in the IA2030 Impact Accelerator? This is an opportunity to have your voice heard. We are collaborating with IA2030 working groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and other international partners. These groups are interested in consultative engagement to listen to and better support country-based immunization staff. Partners are especially interested in what makes a difference in ensuring that implementation leads to real improvements.
What if I cannot attend the Monday Assembly? The Monday session is the only time during the week when everyone from the IA2030 Movement is together at the same time. It is a great time for both practical information (what you need to do, when and how) and for inspiration (why you want to do it and how it will help your daily work). • You can watch the recordings or listen to the podcast afterwards. • You can join the Tuesday and Thursday experience sharing sessions.
Speech made on 23 May 2022 by Charlotte Mbuh on behalf of the Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) at the 75th World Health Assembly side event “Immunization Agenda 2030: Enhancing the Essential Immunization Programme at the heart of pandemic preparedness and response”
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
I am one of the 6,000 who joined the Movement for IA2030 in March 2022. This was after working for over 10 years for the Ministry of Health in the South Region of my country. We responded to Dr Tedros’s Call at last year’s World Health Assembly for “a groundswell of support for immunization.” Everyone who joins the Movement comes with a goal to solve a key challenge, like reaching remote rural areas, working with the urban poor, or serving mobile populations. But what struck me is how often a new Member says: “I thought that only my country is facing this challenge”.
Any one of these challenges is difficult. Most of us are facing several at once. These challenges cannot be overcome by any one immunization worker, any one country, or any one organization, no matter how smart, powerful, or well-funded. Vaccines work when we work together, across borders and boundaries.
In the first two weeks, Immunization practitioners from around the world shared 941 ideas and practices through the Ideas Engine, a digital platform developed by the Geneva Learning Foundation. Most of us are government workers from the so-called lower levels of the health system. Through this digital platform, we are working side-by-side with colleagues from national teams, in-country partners, and civil society organizations. Yes, our mission remains to carry out our ministry’s plan. To do so requires us to adapt and tailor our actions hand in hand with the communities we serve. We are defying distance to support each other, using our own local resources and capacities to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Movement offers no per diem, no lure of funding, or other extrinsic incentives. Yet, every week, Members from all over the world meet to share experience.
Last Thursday, Wasnam Faye MAME SOKHNA joined us. A midwife, she was transferred from a hospital to a poorly-performing, poorly-resourced rural health facility. Within months, she turned around her facility. She went from vaccinating 4 children to 30 children per session. Who was there to help her? It was a fellow Member of the Movement… who lives 3,560 kilometers away. Using only email and WhatsApp, he shared his practical experience of how to organize vaccination sessions, how to order vaccines, and how to write a monthly vaccination report. In response to low vaccine uptake, she created a team of “Angels,” turning mothers into peer educators. That idea came from the IA2030 Ideas Engine.
You will undoubtedly hear many personal stories during the World Health Assembly. The significance of this story is not only that an exemplary leader was able to improve performance. It is how she did so, by connecting in a digital human network of peers united by a common purpose.
There is one challenge that is especially close to my heart. Earlier this year, 143 women from 38 countries formed the Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective. We believe that if we could integrate women at all levels of decision making, this will strengthen leadership for immunization. We would never have connected without this Movement.
IA2030 is the common strand that binds us, across so many different boundaries of geography, job roles, system levels – and gender. Connecting those working in rural health facilities, staff from national government workers, and even members of the global IA2030 working groups based here in Geneva.
Gordon Yibey is a health facility worker. His goal in the IA2030 Movement is to find new ways to involve fathers in routine immunization. “The Movement has set a new pace for us,” he said, “making us realize how important our local work is in making a global impact.”
Dr Folake Olayinka, USAID’s Immunization Team Lead, summed it up in this way: “We have said that we want to listen and that co-creation is very important. The Geneva Learning Foundation brings a direct link to [people on the frontlines]. This is exactly the type of innovative approach that we need to overcome the complex challenges we are faced with in global health.”
Support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust and others have helped us to make sparks.
I am convinced that, with your support, we can ignite a fire, helping this Movement grow and thrive until the goals of IA2030 are attained.
It is critical to strengthen the global health architecture to watch for the next pandemic, to prepare for it, and to rapidly manufacture new vaccines. It is an equally vital investment to build a global platform connecting people and communities. This is the potential of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Focus: Preparing for the IA2030 Impact Accelerator
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
We call on you to join Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) in the first IA2030 Action Plan Hackathon that kicked off on Monday 9 May 2022.
You can join at any time by submitting your IA2030 Action Plan.
Join the Hackathon & learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The goal is to help you develop corrections actions for a priority challenge that you face in your immunization work.
Immunization Agenda 2030 Action Plan Hackathon Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Immunization Agenda 2030? Immunization Agenda 2030 is the world’s strategy to achieve the immunization goals and leave no one behind. Learn more…
What is a “Hackathon”? This methodology is based on experimentation (“the hack”) to solve complex problems. The Geneva Learning Foundation has adapted this innovative learning methodology to the field of immunization.
Who is this for? Immunization and other Primary Health Care (PHC) staff from any level of the health system. When does the Hackathon take place? We encourage you to join before 9 May 2022. You can join any time before 20 May.
What are the main benefits of joining the IA2030 Hackathon? “I can tell you this experience changed my life. It has changed my practice and made me think differently about the way I work, considering things I did not think about before.” 1 Share experience with colleagues from all over the world. 2 Get help with your toughest challenge. 3 Get fresh ideas to help you succeed.
How do I join the Hackathon? • If you are already a Member of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030, you have received by email the invitation to join. You simply need to click on the button link in that email to join. • If you are not yet a Member, go to this page and click on JOIN MOVEMENT.
How much time is required? • The total time required to develop your IA2030 Action Plan should be around 4 hours over two weeks. • There is a one-hour live session each Monday, complemented by optional workshops to share experience and get help with your Action Plan.
What will I do with my IA2030 Action Plan? • Everyone who develops their IA2030 Action Plan will be invited to join the 2nd IA2030 Impact Accelerator, a four-week launch pad to help you kickstart actions to tackle your most difficult and important challenge. • Completion of an IA2030 Action Plan is required to join the 2nd IA2030 Impact Accelerator that will start on 23 May 2022.
Will there be certification? • Upon successful completion of an activity and following validation of your IA2030 Action Plan by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners, you will receive an Immunization Agenda 2030 Level 1 certificate issued by the Foundation. • If you already completed situation analysis, the certificate you earn will be Level 2, reflecting your prior commitment to the IA2030 Movement.
How are global immunization partners involved in the IA2030 Hackathon? This is an opportunity to make your voice heard: We will be engaging with the IA2030 Working Groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and other global partners, who want to listen and better support immunization staff in countries.
What will you be expected to do in the IA2030 Hackathon? • You will be supported to quickly develop an IA2030 Action Plan suitable for implementation, to help you with a challenge that you face in your work. • You will share experience, learn from the experiences of fellow immunization professionals, and both give and receive feedback to help everyone improve.
What is the format of the IA2030 Action Plan? • You will receive a link to an online questionnaire. • The questionnaire walks you step-by-step through the development of your Action Plan. • When you finish the questionnaire, you will receive your IA2030 Action Plan by email.
What if I cannot attend the live Monday Hackathon sessions? The Monday sessions are the one time during the week when everyone is together at the same time. It is a powerful moment of both practical information (what you need to do, when, and how) and inspiration (why you want to do it and how that will help your daily work.) • You can watch the recordings or podcast afterward. • You can join the Tuesday and Thursday Experience sharing sessions.
Today's focus: 1) New IA2030 Movement Member Rajesh Gupta shares his experience with the Amavasya Titakaran programme, an initiative used to successfully reach Zero Dose children in mobile populations. Amvasya is a monthly holiday for all workers. This initiative has vaccinated 668 children from migratory and underserved areas. 2) Nigerian IA2030 Movement Leader Ndaeyo Iwot shares his experience in response to Rajesh Gupta’s presentation, focusing on the need to strengthen Human Resources for Health (HRH).
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
Today's focus: Developing an action plan focused on reaching Zero Dose in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
Hawwa Buhari from Sokoto State in Nigeria presents her IA2030 Action Plan to reach Zero Dose communities in both accessible and inaccessible communities, given the mix of urban and rural areas in her State.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Today's focus: how to reach Zero Dose children and communities in conflict situations.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more & join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
We call on you to join fellow Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) in the first Action Plan Hackathon that will kick off on Monday 9 May 2022.
The goal is to help you analyze the situation for the most difficult and important challenge that you face in your work.
Immunization Agenda 2030 Action Plan Hackathon Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Immunization Agenda 2030? Immunization Agenda 2030 is the world’s strategy to achieve the immunization goals and leave no one behind. Learn more…
What is a “Hackathon”? This methodology is based on experimentation (“the hack”) to solve complex problems. The Geneva Learning Foundation has adapted this innovative learning methodology to the field of immunization.
Who is this for? Immunization and other Primary Health Care (PHC) staff from any level of the health system. When does the Hackathon take place? We encourage you to join before 9 May 2022. You can join any time before 20 May.
What are the main benefits of joining the IA2030 Hackathon? “I can tell you this experience changed my life. It has changed my practice and made me think differently about the way I work, considering things I did not think about before.” 1 Share experience with colleagues from all over the world. 2 Get help with your toughest challenge. 3 Get fresh ideas to help you succeed.
How do I join the Hackathon? • If you are already a Member of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030, you have received by email the invitation to join. You simply need to click on the button link in that email to join. • If you are not yet a Member, go to this page and click on JOIN MOVEMENT.
How much time is required? • The total time required to develop your IA2030 Action Plan should be around 4 hours over two weeks. • There is a one-hour live session each Monday, complemented by optional workshops to share experience and get help with your Action Plan.
What will I do with my IA2030 Action Plan? • Everyone who develops their IA2030 Action Plan will be invited to join the 2nd IA2030 Impact Accelerator, a four-week launch pad to help you kickstart actions to tackle your most difficult and important challenge. • Completion of an IA2030 Action Plan is required to join the 2nd IA2030 Impact Accelerator that will start on 23 May 2022.
Will there be certification? • Upon successful completion of an activity and following validation of your IA2030 Action Plan by the Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners, you will receive an Immunization Agenda 2030 Level 1 certificate issued by the Foundation. • If you already completed situation analysis, the certificate you earn will be Level 2, reflecting your prior commitment to the IA2030 Movement.
How are global immunization partners involved in the IA2030 Hackathon? This is an opportunity to make your voice heard: We will be engaging with the IA2030 Working Groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and other global partners, who want to listen and better support immunization staff in countries.
What will you be expected to do in the IA2030 Hackathon? • You will be supported to quickly develop an IA2030 Action Plan suitable for implementation, to help you with a challenge that you face in your work. • You will share experience, learn from the experiences of fellow immunization professionals, and both give and receive feedback to help everyone improve.
What is the format of the IA2030 Action Plan? • You will receive a link to an online questionnaire. • The questionnaire walks you step-by-step through the development of your Action Plan. • When you finish the questionnaire, you will receive your IA2030 Action Plan by email.
What if I cannot attend the live Monday Hackathon sessions? The Monday sessions are the one time during the week when everyone is together at the same time. It is a powerful moment of both practical information (what you need to do, when, and how) and inspiration (why you want to do it and how that will help your daily work.) • You can watch the recordings or podcast afterward. • You can join the Tuesday and Thursday Experience sharing sessions.
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Join this Special Event during World Immunization Week to listen and learn from challenges faced by immunization colleagues from all over the world.
Request your invitation for this Special Event https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-week
Join the growing social movement for immunization that will ensure that immunization remains high on global and regional health agendas and help to generate a groundswell of support or social movement for immunization.
Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is not just another initiative. It is the world’s immunization road map for the entire decade.
Fully implemented, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that IA2030 will help avert an estimated 50 million deaths.
Immunization Agenda 2030 makes no sense if, in every country, it is not translated into practical interventions. That is why it starts with you, where you work.
As an immunization professional working at the national or sub-national level, you are key to the success of this unprecedented mobilization for immunization.
A Movement is larger than any one individual or organization. Countries, civil society, and partners are coming together in a global movement to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation is one of many working to support this Movement. We invite you to join too.
Being connected to one another, engaging directly in two-way dialogue with global experts, is transforming our consciousness and our capacity to lead the change that is needed.
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
In this edition of Insights Live, we discuss:
- Lessons learned from Teach to Reach: Connect 5 on how immunization staff are successfully challenging COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in districts and health facilities, why women’s leadership matters for immunization, and why motivation is key to performance
Become an Insights Member to receive the full slide deck with 120 key insights on these topics https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Request your invitation to Teach to Reach: Connect 6 (17 June 2022) https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
- IA2030 Ideas Engine: Immunization professionals from over 130 countries have contributed almost 1,000 ideas and practices to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030’s Ideas Engine, a platform to collect and crowdsource local innovation.
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
- What have we learned from situation analysis? Working together, over 600 Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 developed context-specific analyses of their most difficult and important challenges. We will share some of the initial insights gained through this work led by over 6,000 Movement Members from 137 countries.
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
The session was led by Ian Jones with Charlotte Mbuh and François Gasse. Ian is working with IA2030 Working Group 3 on the Coverage & Equity Strategic Priority.
We believe that the experience of Members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) in reaching the unreached can significantly contribute to the understanding of global partners to better support your Zero Dose efforts.
We will be sharing a short questionnaire after the special session. We encourage you to listen to the recording and then answer the questionnaire.
The findings, grounded in your experience, will be the basis for developing an IA 2030 case study. Contributors will be recognized and named (unless you prefer to remain anonymous).
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Situation analysis: how to secure your certification
Before you submit your improved situation analysis due Friday, we will ask you to answer a few questions to qualify for certification.
You will receive the link to the questionnaire and instructions by email on Wednesday afternoon.
The deadline to complete this questionnaire and submit your improved situation analysis in Peergrade is Friday 15 April 2022 23h59 (check time).
This questionnaire is required to qualify for certification of your participation in this exercise.
In this questionnaire, we ask you to summarize information from your situation analysis: challenge, question, key finding, and root cause. (You can copy and paste from your Word document.)
In addition, we also ask you to share (if you know) basic information about your area of intervention (where you work): population size, percentage served by outreach, and Antenatal Care (ANC) Coverage.
We also ask you to report (if you know) the immunization coverage in your area for Penta 1, Penta 3, MCV1, MCV2, and the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
You will be able to skip questions for which you do not have reliable information.
After you complete the questionnaire, you will need to go back to Peergrade to submit your improved situation analysis document.
If you need help with the questionnaire or to improve your situation analysis, click here to register for technical support.
Completion of your situation analysis will be the first significant contribution to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. We cannot wait to read your final, improved versions.
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement
Today's focus: how to give constructive feedback to help peers improve their situation analysis.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
The deadline to complete 3 peer reviews is this Friday, April 8.
Your colleagues will not be able to complete the exercise without your feedback. This is also a certification requirement.
Do not let your colleagues down!
We know you are very busy. But your colleagues have worked hard, just like you did, to write their situation analyses. You also depend on their solidarity. Without their feedback, you will not be able to complete the exercise either.
Please reassure me: can your colleagues count on you to finish by Friday?
I need you to make the effort to support your colleagues. It does not have to be perfect, but do not botch it either.
Need help? 1) Follow the instructions on this page in your dashboard. https://www.learning.foundation/products/movement-for-immunization-agenda-2030-full-learning-cycle-1-march-2022/categories/2149756278/posts/2156942876
2) Click here to watch the tutorial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUfnNQNwc2Q
3) Click here to sign up for technical support... https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOqorDguEtwpUyJSmB8OHgJFykvK23aj
Learn more about the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Focus: how to develop useful, constructive peer reviews to help your colleagues improve their situation analyses.
Need help with peer review? 1) Follow the instructions on this page in your dashboard. https://www.learning.foundation/products/movement-for-immunization-agenda-2030-full-learning-cycle-1-march-2022/categories/2149756278/posts/2156942876
REMINDER: Do not forget to mark posts as Complete!
2) Click here to watch the tutorial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUfnNQNwc2Q
3) Click here to sign up for technical support... https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqcOqorDguEtwpUyJSmB8OHgJFykvK23aj
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Since 7 March 2022, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this experience-sharing session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more and join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Today's focus: how to finish quickly and well a situation analysis that can concretely help you face your challenge.
Review your one goal this week https://www.learning.foundation/products/movement-for-immunization-agenda-2030-full-learning-cycle-1-march-2022/categories/2149756278/posts/2155629765
REMINDER: Do not forget to mark posts as Complete!
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Since 7 March 2022, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more and join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Today's focus: how to finish quickly and well a situation analysis that can concretely help you face your challenge.
View a detailed example of a situation analysis https://www.learning.foundation/products/movement-for-immunization-agenda-2030-full-learning-cycle-1-march-2022/categories/2149756607/posts/2156728798
REMINDER: Do not forget to mark posts as Complete!
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Since 7 March 2022, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more and join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
Lightning Chat about Human Resources for Health with Catherine Kane (World Health Organization)
Lightning chats are rapid-fire Q&A sessions with a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
Their goal is to: - help national and sub-national immunization professionals to understand what is new and different and what this means for their work; and - provide them with basic information and relevant resources.
Here are the questions we asked to kick off the Lightning Chat: 1. What is the vision for human resources for health and why is it relevant now? What are current HRH challenges that affect immunization service delivery and performances?
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What are the principles that govern the global strategy on human resources for health? What does this global strategy seek to attain?
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Within the IA2030 context, why is it essential to ensure the availability of a quality health workforce? What impact will this have on immunization performances?
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What are the key considerations in Human resources for health planning?
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What measures can be taken to fill in the gaps in terms of availability, accessibility, acceptability, and service delivery of healthcare workers?
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What practical advice can you give national EPI teams as they develop their National Immunization Strategies on how to optimize performance, quality, and impact of the health workforce as far as immunization service delivery is concerned?
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If all of the current HRH-related challenges were resolved, what will success look like for you in the year 2030?
Learn more about Immunization Agenda 2030: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Topic: Putting communities at the center: local solutions for large impact
Guest: Francine Ganter-Restrepo, Technical Officer, Demand and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
Key messages: We will be discussing the latest approaches and tools for working with communities to design people centred immunization services.
Resources: https://www.who.int/teams/immunization-vaccines-and-biologicals/essential-programme-on-immunization/demand
Join Charlotte Mbuh from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Experience sharing and problem-solving session #5 (22 March 2022)
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Since Monday 7 March 2022, we are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In Experience Sharing session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This will be done through the use of the Ideas Engine, a local innovation sourcing platform for sharing practices and ideas.
Starting on 21 March, Members have kicked off a four-week peer learning exercise to develop situation analysis of their local challenge.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more and join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
Experience sharing and problem-solving session #4 (17 March 2022)
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
As of Monday, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This will be done through the use of the Ideas Engine, a local innovation sourcing platform for sharing practices and ideas.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more and join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Topic: How to build a positive experience of vaccination? Considerations for service delivery
Guest: Lisa Menning (WHO)
Join Charlotte Mbuh from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Experience sharing and problem-solving session #3 (15 March 2022)
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
As of Monday, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This will be done through the use of the Ideas Engine, a local innovation sourcing platform for sharing practices and ideas.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
The First Impact Accelerator for radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging kicks off on Monday 7 March 2022.
We are pleased to inform you that 26 alumni have been selected to participate in the first Impact Accelerator Launchpad for radiation communication from March 7-April 1, 2022.
The Accelerator is not a course. The focus is on the actions you will take in your work, not on formal learning. It will require active participation from March 7-April 1, 2022.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/who-pediatric-radiation-communication
Special session to honor Eriko Maeda
We are deeply shocked and sad to learn that Eriko Maeda, a Radiologist from University of Tokyo, Japan, and one of our peers from the WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging course in May 2021, passed away recently.
To honor Eriko, we invite you to join us for a 15-minute special session ahead of our first Assembly for the Impact Accelerator for radiation risk communication on Tuesday 8 March.
Eriko was a champion for improving radiation risk-benefit communication where she worked.
She was one of the 64 Scholars who successfully completed the WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk-benefit communication in May 2021.
She was committed and was actively taking actions to improve radiation risk-benefit communication in her community. She even applied to join the Impact Accelerator Launchpad in 2022.
If you have interacted in any way with Eriko, we hope that this will offer you an opportunity to share your thoughts and express your condolences to Eriko's close colleagues and family members.
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
On Monday, March 14, 2022, they will meet for the second time to share experience in the first Full Learning Cycle for IA2030, proposed by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
Experience sharing and problem-solving session #2 (10 March 2022)
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
As of Monday, they are working together in the first IA2030 Full Learning Cycle facilitated by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
Each Movement Member has identified a specific challenge.
In this session, a Member presents their challenge and the issues they face.
The entire group is asked to share their experience to help solve the problems.
This will be done through the use of the Ideas Engine, a local innovation sourcing platform for sharing practices and ideas.
This session is facilitated by Charlotte Mbuh and Dr. François Gasse.
Learn more:
This special session is moderated by Chizoba Wonodi (Johns Hopkins) and Laura Nic Lochlainn (World Health Organization)
Our panelists from the frontlines are alumni of The Geneva Learning Foundation's COVID-19 Peer Hub.
What is this about? 1. Share key learnings on what worked in the efforts of frontline health workers to restore immunization services disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak
- Identify the strategies being adopted by country programs and frontline managers to restore and maintain routine immunization as the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out
Maintaining routine immunization in the era of COVID-19. A view from the frontlines
As attention turns to ensuring the success of the COVID-19 vaccine deployment, we face the ever-present risk that RI will take a back seat, putting childhood vaccination in continued jeopardy.
The USAID-funded Momentum And Global Leadership project is organizing this Practice Exchange Forum to answer the questions:
What are national and subnational EPI leaders and actors doing to keep RI on the front burner as an essential service to be provided? What can the global immunization community do to ensure that children continue to receive critical life-saving vaccines, even as COVID-19 vaccination efforts target adults? These questions and others will be examined by an esteemed panel of frontline providers and technical experts, who have been carefully selected from diverse settings to bring a fresh take on these issues.
Learn more and request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
Topic: What drives confidence and uptake? Introduction to the behavioural and social drivers of vaccination
Guest: Lisa Menning (WHO)
Resources: 1. https://www.who.int/teams/immunization-vaccines-and-biologicals/essential-programme-on-immunization/demand 2. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-vaccination-demand-planning-2021.1
Join Charlotte Mbuh from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Topic: Vaccine Safety - a Practical Perspective
Guest: Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, Medical Officer, Global Vaccine Safety, WHO
Key messages: New Performance Indicators for the coming decade to monitor vaccine safety in countries
Resources: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/10665345178
Join Charlotte Mbuh from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
On Monday, March 7, 2022, they will meet for the first time to launch the first Full Learning Cycle for IA2030, proposed by the Geneva Learning Foundation.
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
This #TeachToReach Special Event “How we keep going to keep immunization going during the pandemic” is part of the Launch of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
If we are going to build a Movement together for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), we need to take care of and support each other.
Learn more about the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
If you work in immunization, you have kept vaccination going during the pandemic and are now the key to the success of COVID-19 vaccination.
You may get great satisfaction from your work, but you are also likely to face great hardship.
Before we ask you about the challenges you face, we would like to better understand what keeps you going.
What are the worst and best parts of your job? Where do you find the motivation to continue your work? What helps you feel involved in your work?
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed how you feel about your work? What makes you lose or gain your motivation?
Sharath Jeevan, a leading global expert on the topic of motivation, will be our “Guide on the Side” in the upcoming Special Event on motivation at the fifth Teach to Reach: Connect, the leading networking event for immunization professionals from all over the world. This means he will listen to the experience shared by practitioners and then share his feedback and insights, grounded in his expertise.
View our Lightning Chat with Sharath Jeevan… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T9rbOWN_lA
Learn more about Teach to Reach & request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
We believe that women who deliver vaccines have a powerful story to tell.
This story should be told by women themselves, even as we work hand in hand with men.
Last year, on International Women’s Day, we honored women on the frontlines working tirelessly to maintain immunization services during the COVID-19 pandemic, support the vaccine rollout, and pursue efforts to reach the 20 million children who remain at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases. More than 800 women responded by participating and sharing their experience in an awesome event.
Click here to view our 2021 event… https://youtu.be/LcSBxv6bY4Y?t=265
Learn more & request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/iwd
Learn more about Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.
This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030. https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries
The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.
Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030… https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement.
Click here to register for the Global Launch Event of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 and the 1st IA2030 Full Learning Cycle. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/85007471809
Join us today for our third Insights Live session.
What did we learn from Teach to Reach: Connect 4?
As we count down to Teach to Reach: Connect 5 on 4 March 2022, we are pleased to share with you a selection of valuable insights, based on feedback from more than 1,600 participants of Teach to Reach: Connect 4.
Topics we explored include: * Immunization and PHC as we catch-up on routine immunization * Challenging vaccine hesitancy in districts and health facilities * Health professional COVID-19 vaccination
Specific sessions analyzed include: * IA2030 Consultation on safeguarding and strengthening essential immunization and primary health care during COVID 19 vaccine rollout * IA2030 Brainstorming to cocreate a common dialogue with participants on immunization programs for PHC and UHC * Immunization and PHC during rollout of COVID vaccine: can we do it all?
Learn more & request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
What are we learning from the applicants to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030?
As of this morning, 1993 francophones and 2,639 anglophones have joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
More than 80 percent are sub-national staff working in districts and health facilities, and over half work for their Ministry of Health.
Everyone who joins answered questions about their work and well-being, the most urgent challenge they face, and the support you need to tackle this challenge.
We also asked you about the effect of the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine for routine immunization (RI) and primary health care (PHC) services where you work and about the strategies you are using to successfully reach unvaccinated or undervaccines “zero-dose” children and “missed” communities.
Today, we share a quick overview of what we have learned from such a large number and diversity of inputs.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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.
View our #Insights dialogue with Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of Immunization at the World Health Organization (WHO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCB20y49hBI&t=26s
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.
WHAT IS THE INSIGHTS UNIT?
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: https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Lightning Chat with Sharath Jeevan, one of the world’s leading experts on re-igniting our inner drive.
We will discuss what might be the ultimate motivational challenge: how are overburdened, often underpaid immunization staff keeping going during the pandemic?
Sharath Jeevan will be our “Guide on the Side” for the upcoming Special Event on motivation at the fifth Teach to Reach: Connect, the leading networking event for immunization professionals from all over the world.
Over 40,000 health professionals have joined Teach to Reach.
Learn more and request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
This #TeachToReach Special Event “How we keep going to keep immunization going during the pandemic” is part of the Launch of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn more about Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
If we are going to build a Movement together for Immunization Agenda 2030, we need to take care and support each other.
If you work in immunization, you have kept vaccination going during the pandemic and are now the key to the success of COVID-19 vaccination.
You may get great satisfaction from your work, but you are also likely to face great hardship.
Before we ask you about the challenges you face, we would like to better understand what keeps you going.
What are the worst and best parts of your job? Where do you find the motivation to continue your work? What helps you feel involved in your work?
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed how you feel about your work? What makes you lose or gain your motivation?
In this video, we show you how to request your personalized application and how to complete it to join the Mouvement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
We also explain why you are being asked all these questions and how your answers will help your in-country colleagues and international partners.
WHAT IS THE MOVEMENT FOR IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030?
"I can tell you that this experience has changed my life. It changed my practice and made me think differently about how I work, considering things I hadn't thought about before."
There is strength in numbers. On March 7, 2022, immunization professionals from around the world will come together to launch a Movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn how this Movement can help you make a difference in your daily work to sustain routine immunization during the pandemic, overcome vaccine hesitancy by building caregiver and community confidence in vaccination, and reach children who are not yet protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Immunization Agenda 2030 is the world's strategy for the entire decade. On March 7, 2022, we will launch the first IA2030 Learning Cycle. Each participant will use the Idea Engine, develop a situational analysis, and then plan actions and implement them in the Impact Accelerator.
For all of these activities, you will work on a challenge of your choice, one that can make a difference for people and for your country.
This will also be an opportunity to make your voice heard: We have initiated dialogue with IA2030 working groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and other international partners, who want to listen and better support immunization staff in countries.
Learn more and join the Movement: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
CALL TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels.
We lost 11 years of hard work.
Immunization Agenda 2030 is not just another initiative. It is the world’s road map for the entire decade, starting with recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the Seventy-Fourth World Health Assembly, the Director General of the World Health Organization called for “a broad social movement for immunization that will ensure that immunization remains high on global and regional health agendas and help to generate a groundswell of support or social movement for immunization”.
If you work in immunization or primary health care (PHC), we call on you to join fellow health professionals from all over the world to help create this Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Click here to join the Movement https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
By joining forces, sharing our experience, and supporting each other, each of us can be strong to face the challenges and barriers that leave children and adults at the mercy of vaccine-preventable diseases.
This is not about spending time listening to “webinars” or other pursuits that take you away from your work.
When you join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030, we will ask you to choose one challenge you face in your work. Then we will ask you to tell us what kind of support your need to tackle this challenge.
Learn more about the challenges we face https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 is a global initiative owned by everyone. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Full Learning Cycle is our contribution to this Movement.
On 7 March 2022, we will launch the first Full Learning Cycle for IA2030, a series of peer learning exercises and field-based practice. We will use the Ideas Engine – a powerful tool to crowdsource best practice – and develop situational analyses to plan and implement projects in the Impact Accelerator.
For all these activities, you will work – side-by-side with fellow practitioners from all over the world – on your own challenge, the one that can make a difference where you work and for your country.
Immunization Agenda 2030 makes no sense if, in every country, it is not translated into practical interventions. That is why it starts with you, where you work.
IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030: Leveraging the global response to COVID-19 to strengthen health systems and build back better
Charlotte Mbuh from The Geneva Learning Foundation took the floor in today's United Nations General Assembly side event dedicated to Immunization Agenda 2030.
Here is the full text of her message.
I worked for ten years in Ebolowa, South Region of Cameroon, in my country’s immunization programme. When the pandemic hit, I joined more than 6,000 fellow immunization professionals to create the COVID-19 Peer Hub. Most of us were from Asian and African countries, working in health facilities and districts. We pledged to support each other. In the first 10 days, we shared over 1,200 ideas and practices that were helping us face the consequences of the pandemic.
Building on each other’s successes, lessons learned, and challenges, we have worked ever since to turn these ideas into practice, results, and ultimately impact.
By the end of 2020, one third of participants had already implemented and documented tangible improvements to support the recovery of immunization services.
Let me tell you about my colleague, Dr Franck Monga, a District Medical Officer in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Using only locally-available resources, Franck set up a system to reduce missed opportunities for routine immunization, a dashboard to track vaccination sessions, and regular follow-up with the community to find zero dose children.
Franck did this using ideas and feedback from peers in neighboring Nigeria and Cameroon but also from Pakistan and Indonesia. His motivation and effort turned around the district’s performance, strengthening resilience for when the pandemic hit.
We realized that we had the means to directly reach, engage, and connect with other professionals working where immunization and other health targets are either achieved or not. In the face of the unknown, we learned to trust and rely on each other, across barriers of geography, roles, gender, and health system levels. We realized that what we know about our challenges, no one else knows.
That is why the IA2030 principles that we have heard about today are so important – particularly leadership by people who deliver vaccines and genuine collaboration across subnational, national, regional and global levels.
Yes, our mission remains to carry out our ministry’s plan. But to do so requires us to deploy not only new skills, but also new kinds of leadership, to exercise critical thinking, to adapt and tailor our action hand in hand with the communities we serve.
Our innovation is local. It is not about big technology solutions, but about small, significant improvements. Our solutions may seem mundane, but they are the ones that actually helped us to keep vaccination going in the face of the pandemic.
Being connected to one another, engaging directly in two-way dialogue with global experts, is transforming our own mindset. We see immunization as an entry point, a marker of equity of all health services and for primary health care.
Yes, immunization staff the world over – and the societies we live in – are still reeling from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But now is not the time to buckle or falter. Immunization Agenda 2030 gives a common goal and encourages us to lead the change needed to get there. In this time of global crisis, thinking and acting strategically can help each of us stay focused on the global immunization goals, keeping us on the path to equitable immunization coverage for everyone. Focus could make the difference between short-term Pyrrhic recovery and building back better.
When we vaccinate to protect from disease and death, it is an expression of the deep love we feel for the health of the families and communities we serve. It is because we care that we are ready to take up the challenge of Immunization Agenda 2030. In April 2021, over 5,000 of us gathered to explore how we can a new kind of movement to ensure that immunization remains high on global and regional health agendas in support of countries. My question to global leaders: will you support health professionals who ‘opt in’ to go above and beyond what their job description says, who are willing to take risks to make a difference?
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Watch this information briefing to discover three new opportunities for immunization and other Primary Health Care staff.
- Join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030
"I can tell you that this experience has changed my life. It changed my practice and made me think differently about how I work, considering things I hadn't thought about before."
There is strength in numbers. On March 7, 2022, immunization professionals from around the world will come together to launch a Movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn how this Movement can help you make a difference in your daily work to sustain routine immunization during the pandemic, overcome vaccine hesitancy by building caregiver and community confidence in vaccination, and reach children who are not yet protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Immunization Agenda 2030 is the world's strategy for the entire decade. On March 7, 2022, we will launch the first IA2030 Learning Cycle. Each participant will use the Idea Engine, develop a situational analysis, and then plan actions and implement them in the Impact Accelerator.
For all of these activities, you will work on a challenge of your choice, one that can make a difference for people and for your country.
This will also be an opportunity to make your voice heard: We have initiated dialogue with IA2030 working groups created by WHO, UNICEF, Gavi and other international partners, who want to listen and better support immunization staff in countries.
Learn more and join the Movement: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
- 5th edition of Teach to Reach: Connect
This is the only quarterly networking event for health professionals.
Meet, network, and share your experience with immunization colleagues from around the world.
What motivates us to continue/maintain vaccination during the epidemic? Why do we get up every morning, even under extremely difficult conditions, to serve the health needs of the population? That's the question of motivation. Join Teach to Reach on March 4, 2022 to share your experience and learn from success stories, lessons from the field, and the challenges you face.
Learn more and request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
- Women Who Deliver Vaccines on 4 March 2022
We work in health facilities, districts, regions, and on the core team.
We are nurses, doctors, community health workers.
Some of us are involved in our country's decisions at the highest level.
Others do the day-to-day immunization work that makes the difference between children, families and communities being protected from disease - or not.
Wherever we work, whatever our rank or status, we are women of immunization.
Learn more and request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/iwd-fr
Join us for a Lightning Chat with Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of Immunization at the World Health Organization (WHO).
We will discuss the significance of insights and learning from the expertise and practice of staff working in health facilities and districts. Should global partners pay more attention, listen more intently… and, if so, how?
Learn more about TGLF’s Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
“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)
Watch the Teach to Reach interview with Kate O’Brien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvv-g0lXy4c
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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.
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: https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Today, meet the Organizing Committee that is preparing the Special Event dedicated to honoring Women Who Deliver Vaccines.
The Committee representing women who deliver vaccines from 38 countries was formed by 143 Alumnae of the Geneva Learning Foundation's immunization program on January 28, 2022, during the inaugural preparatory global meeting.
On 4 March 2022, you are invited to join us to listen to, learn from, and honor women who continue to work tirelessly to: * maintain immunization services within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, * scale up COVID-19 vaccination, and * pursue efforts to reach the 20 million children who remain at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/iwd
Join us to hear how Hameedat Abdussalaman, an Obstetrician-gynecologist from Nigeria, is taking actions to prevent, diagnose, and treat Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) where she works and what difference she is making for the health and wellbeing of women and girls in her community.
Hameedat Abdussalaman is an alumna from the Scholar Level 1 Workshop on FGS and the FGS Impact Accelerator Launchpad programme offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation in partnership with Bridges to Development and the FGS Accelerated Scale Together (FAST) package.
Learn more about FGS: https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
Jane Rebecca Oluoch from Kenya was one of 775 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme who joined the first Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Impact Accelerator on 8 November 2021.
The Accelerator is a new digital health system in which peers support each other across levels of the health system and geographic borders to turn action plans into specific actions, results, and – ultimately – document impact.
At the Teach to Reach: Connect 4 event on 10 December, Jane shared the specifics of what she did in her local context – and what she discovered as she worked with peers from all over the world.
“One of our actions was to meet our county PHN (Public health nurse) Coordinator for the immunization program. And I managed to meet her. We talked and planned on how to do action days. That was one.
The next thing was to meet our CHVs, that is community health assistants attached to our health facility, which is Bondo sub county hospital so that we could talk and hear from them because they're the link to the people at the community level. We wanted to get from them; what are the challenges, what are the best practices we can do to improve immunization services in our facility.
When we managed to meet the community health assistants, one of the challenges that they had was illiteracy among the women of reproductive age that are coming for immunization services. And on that point, we started doing health talks, and also through the CHVs again, they've been empowered, they've been trained on various health information activities.
So we are using them to link people at the community level. When they go to the community from house to house they should tackle each and every woman's challenge, depending on what the woman will present with.
Another thing. We managed to have a community dialogue, which took place in one of the villages in the community, which is Obedi village where we managed to meet the community members. We shared with them. We told them the importance of immunisation, they shared their fears and the majority of the women that came were very impressed.
Also, on the dialogue day we carried with us some COVID and HPV vaccines and the women that were present were very happy and we managed to immunize some of the girls with the HPV vaccine and those who had not gotten a chance to reach the facility for the COVID vaccinations also got the chance to be vaccinated.”
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
Amel Eltaher was one of 775 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme who joined the first Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Impact Accelerator on 8 November 2021.
The Accelerator is a new digital health system in which peers support each other to turn action plans into specific actions, results, and – ultimately – documented impact.
At the Teach to Reach: Connect 4 event on 10 December, Amel Eltaher shared the specifics of what she did in her local context – and what she discovered as she worked with peers from all over the world.
“My name is Amel Eltaher and I'm from Sudan. My last experience was in Pakistan where I worked for over six years with WHO as EPI/PAI Technical Officer.
During [the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator], we were targeting the frontline workers who were going house to house during polio campaigns. So one of my activities was that I had to review with my colleagues in Koita district the criteria for the selection of healthcare workers. They had set up some of the criteria to select like; they had to be a female, the lady had to be a local, knowing the area and non government.
So, as I looked into those criteria, I found out that some of these criteria cannot work in certain areas like the hard to reach areas. So here a female could go with her husband or brother because the area is hard. She may also need to sit on a motorcycle and so on, so they can go from house to house without having any difficulties.
The other thing also in certain areas, I found out having one female cannot work because some of those females whom I met feel insecure going house to house especially in those areas, where they have some concerns like religious refusal and people having some misconceptions about vaccines.
So also during that exercise, I found out that having to go house to house made them feel more skilled, so they can easily go and vaccinate every child.
For me, I consider this [Impact Accelerator] to be one of the best exercises I have ever done and I also am always honored and thankful to the Geneva Learning Foundation for giving us such opportunities.
And one of the good things I say is that if we could continue having such discussions with colleagues, and listening to the expertise so we can keep improving ourselves and also keep immunization going.”
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
Jenny Sequeira, a global health consultant with over two decades of public health experience, joined the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Impact Accelerator on 8 November. Working with Charlotte Mbuh, she met with participants once a week for an IA2030 Hackathon, each time exploring a specific challenge being faced by one individual. Her role was startlingly different from that of a conventional technical advisor prescribing top-down solutions: she listened, facilitated the discussion, and gave feedback.
Listen to Accelerator participants problem-solve an immunization challenge in the ITCH Hackathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U&t=0s
On 10 December 2021, at the Commencement Event for this first Accelerator, we asked her to share her reflections about this experience.
“I have just been so very impressed by everyone in this whole IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad.
You know, when you look at intrinsic motivation, there are often three factors that are cited for what keeps people going: autonomy, mastery and purpose.
And I think when we look at this team, that 700 plus people who joined the sessions, the General Assembly sessions and the hackathons, I saw people who were really sharing specific, smart ideas, going into the micro steps, not staying at the general level, where it's more of the standards and guidance; but going deeper and deeper into, this is what I did. This is what worked, this is what didn't work.
And I think at the end of the day, it's this type of very specific feedback that can help other people in other countries or even in the same country, going through similar things.
So like Dr. Folake was saying, you know, what matters is what do you do afterwards? What are the next steps? And I would like to challenge all of you, graduates. Thank you, this is an amazing, amazing experience. But what's next, we know that we're still in challenging, challenging times.
And I just encourage everyone to stay motivated, and you have a network of peers around the world, who are holding you up. So thank you, again, it was a pleasure to work with you. And I look forward to ongoing discussions.”
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
Commencement Address by Dr Folake Olayinka, Chair of the Working Group for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) Strategic Priority 1 (Universal Health Coverage and Primary Health Care), delivered at the Commencement Ceremony for the 1st IA2030 Impact Accelerator, at the Teach to Reach: Connect 4 event.
View the summary of process and outcomes from the 1st IA2030 Impact Accelerator https://youtu.be/sXtKwoMY8pM
View the full Commencement Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFoTI60m2vg
Request your invitation to the next quarterly Teach to Reach: Connect event https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
It is an honor to deliver the Commencement Address for this Scholars group and the class of 755 alumni of previous courses is incredible.
I understand this is not a course.
But a new methodology in which participants support each other to understand issues.
Formulate action plans, dissect the underlying issue issues and implement their action plans, sharing successes and lessons learned, as well as challenges and turning knowledge into action.
This is exactly the type of innovative approaches that we need to overcome the complex challenges were faced with in global health, particularly with the effects both primary and secondary effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, on health systems, essential services, and immunization in particular.
This graduating class has met many important milestones in order to complete this program.
As I have learned from Reda, you’ve participated in global assemblies on a weekly basis.
You’ve set specific goals of what you’d like to achieve and develop action plans, and also made a pledge which Charlotte so beautifully read just a few moments ago.
I hope you found it inspiring to you all, I say well done.
But that was the easy part.
Now, the real test will be in your day to day
activities and work environment, the communities of influence that you have the engagements you have to improve immunization outcomes, whether you are a policymaker, a policy implementer, or any level that you are working in the real tests is how you make a difference.
You have to make a difference.
Use your knowledge and skills tools to remove those barriers that communities face in accessing and using immunization services, essential health services as well.
A very good friend of mine told me recently, we are the leaders we are waiting for.
And I say to you, the graduates, all 755 of you, that you are the leaders we are waiting for.
One of the most memorable moments in my career as a global health practitioner at many different levels, has been in communities with families, particularly mothers and children.
And every single mother I have met, every single one of them has wanted a better outcome for their children and their families: better health, better education, better access to opportunities to develop and conjugates.
Every single one of them.
Today marks a milestone in your graduation from the Scholars Program.
But I hope it marks another milestone to be a change maker.
So as you graduate from this program, I like to give you the following charge.
Congratulations to you all.
Go forth.
Take action and be the change.
Thank you and congratulations to you on this great amount of money even changed.
Thank you for the opportunity to share this graduation with you all.
Immunization Agenda 2030: 1st Impact Accelerator Launch Pad summary
We review what Scholars have been able to achieve in the 1st Immunization Agenda 2030 Impact Accelerator.
View the full Commencement Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFoTI60m2vg
View the Commencement Address by Dr Folake Olayinka (included in the second part of this video) https://youtu.be/UljVfgZN4j8
View the full Commencement Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFoTI60m2vg
Request your invitation to the next quarterly Teach to Reach: Connect event https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
During four weeks, participants set weekly goals to progress implementation. They shared lessons learned, success stories, and challenges with each other, encouraging each other. They created a human knowledge network to do better, faster, each in their own health facility or district.
Listen to Accelerator participants problem-solve an immunization challenge in the ITCH Hackathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U&t=0s
This Accelerator is the first of a series of initiatives to help achieve Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). As you know, IA2030 is the world’s strategy for the entire decade. The Accelerator is an opportunity to join and contribute to this nascent global Movement.
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
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.
Following the Commencement Address, we will review what Scholars have been able to achieve in the Accelerator and then award Certificates to successful completers.
During four weeks, participants set weekly goals to progress implementation. They shared lessons learned, success stories, and challenges with each other, encouraging each other. They created a human knowledge network to do better, faster, each in their own health facility or district.
The Accelerator is not a course. The focus is on the actions you take in your work to achieve impact, not on formal learning.
Listen to Accelerator participants problem-solve an immunization challenge in the ITCH Hackathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U&t=0s
This Accelerator is the first of a series of initiatives to help achieve Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). As you know, IA2030 is the world’s strategy for the entire decade. The Accelerator is an opportunity to join and contribute to this nascent global Movement.
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
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 Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) consultation, co-chaired by Folake Olayinka (Chair of IA2030 Working Group on UHC/PHC) and Palenfo Dramane (Côte d’Ivoire Scholar), will bring the voices and inputs from country policy makers and implementers to contribute to strengthening routine immunization and PHC during COVID vaccine rollout.
Ahead of the consultation, I would like to ask you to consider these four questions.
Q1. What has been your experience in safeguarding and strengthening immunization and PHC services during COVID 19 vaccine rollout? (Draw out experiences, risks, lessons)
Q2. How can we do better to strengthen immunization and PHC during the rollout of COVID vaccines? (Test the assumption)
Q3. What are the enablers and opportunities? (How to be intentional)
Q4. Share recommendations, tools or technical resources you have found helpful to achieve this? (Identify Tools and technical resources needed)
Watch the IA2030 Hackathon with Dr Folake Olayinka… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKk6v2RD9U&t=0s
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
In 2022, the IA2030 SP1 working group plans to develop a framework that describe the relationships between immunization, PHC, and UHC, and a theory of action describing steps needed to achieve the ultimate goal of increased universal health coverage. The SP1 working group, together with the Geneva Learning Foundation, plans to apply a co-creation approach to ensure that the frameworks reflect the perspectives of immunization program staff (e.g. vaccinators, managers, planners) and clients.
Leveraging the opportunity to engage with national and sub-national immunization staff at Teach to Reach: Connect 4 on 10 December 2021, SP1 held a 30-minute brainstorming session with a core group of IA2030 Alumni who submitted a SP1 action plan. The goals of this session were to:
- Listen to participants’ perspectives on how immunization could strengthen PHC and UHC
- Identify specific but context-sensitive actions that participants believe will lead to improved PHC/UHC through immunization.
Analysis of participant responses will help the SP1 working group to refine the focus, or goal, of the theory of action. Analysis will also yield information on participants’ motivations, priorities, and pain points, which will ultimately strengthen the relevance and applicability of the framework.
The brainstorming components used the “backcasting” approach from human centered design, where the group starts with a How Might We statement, and then is asked to imagine what the ideal future state looks like, and actions that are needed to achieve it (see figure below).
Request your invitation for the next 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&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
We are pleased to announce the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Ninth Dialogue for Learning & leadership .
[Note: due to a technical problem with the livestream first recorded on 28 November 2021, we are restreaming the Dialogue on 5 December 2021.]
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Tonight, however, we are going to start with Dr. Mai Abdalla. After studying global health security in at Yosei University South Korea and both public health and pharmaceutical science in her own country, Egypt. By the time she turned 30, Dr Abdalla had already worked with the Ministry of Health, UN agencies, and the African Union Commission. The accomplishments of her professional life are just the starting point, as we want to explore where and how did she learn to do what she does now? What has shaped her practice of leadership?
We are privileged to have Key Contributors Laura Bierema and Bill Gardner, together with Karen Watkins, three Scholars who have dedicated their life's work to the study of leadership and learning. As we learn about Mai Abdalla’s leadership journey, they share their insights and reflections.
Here are a few of the questions we have explored in previous episodes of the Dialogue: • How do you define your leadership in relationship to learning? • Do you see yourself as a leader? Why or why not? If you do, who are your 'followers'? Are you a 'learning leader' and, if so, what does that mean? • How do you define leadership in this Digital Age? How is it different from leadership in the past? • When and how did you realize the significance of the leadership question in your work and life? Who or what helped you come to consciousness? What difference did it make to have this new consciousness about the importance of leadership? • What is your own leadership practice now? Can you tell us about a time when you exercised 'leadership'. What were the lessons learned? What would you do the same or differently if confronted with the same situation in the future?
In the second half of the Dialogue, we explored the leadership challenges of other other invited Contributors, including:
Sanusi Getso on leadership to establish antenatal care services for a neglected community.
Alève Mine shares her quandary about how to understand something for which no scaffold exists in one's current view of the world.
Learn more about the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
HACKATHON #2 FOR IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030
755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme kicked off the first Immunization Agenda 2030 Impact Accelerator on 8 November 2021.
In the second of four weekly Hackathons, using the Geneva Learning Foundation’s ITCH methodology, participants met to support one colleague who is facing a significant challenge.
We start with one person who has a challenge.
This is the Challenge Owner.
We ask him or her to add any necessary information to understand his or her challenge. The team asks additional questions, if necessary. We then call on participants to share their experience. Ask yourself: how can my experience help the Challenge Owner? You do not say, “You should do...” you say, “I’ve been through this, and this is what I’ve done, this is how it turned out for me.”
Be specific in your contribution: what happened? how did it turn out? what is the lesson that can be helpful to your colleague?
WHAT IS ITCH?
The Immunization Training Challenge Hackathons (ITCH) were co-created by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) with national and sub-national immunization staff who need to develop people in order to improve immunization programme performance.
ITCH was first offered an “opt-in” activity for learners in the Teach to Reach (T2R) Accelerator Program between March and May 2020.
ITCH focuses on networked collaborative problem-solving between peers.
The ITCH process in and of itself constitutes a kind of learning or coming to consciousness — participants realizing how much they could 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 emergent (social learning), across country borders and health system levels (networked learning).
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Join us for this week’s Global Assembly of the first Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)
755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme were selected participate in the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad from 8 November to 3 December 2021.
On Monday 15 November, participants who are implementing IA2030 action plans are sharing their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
This Accelerator is the first of a series of initiatives to help achieve Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).
IA2030 is the world’s strategy for the entire decade. The Accelerator is an opportunity to join and contribute to this nascent global Movement.
The Accelerator is not a course. The focus is on the actions you will take in your work, not on formal learning.
Get updates from the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://t.me/IA2030
Learn how the Launch pad works: https://youtu.be/V2pSJ2cy2UA?t=94
Learn more about IA2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030 Join us for the Launch Event of the first Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030
We are pleased to inform you that 755 Alumni of the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization programme have been selected participate in the first IA2030 Impact Accelerator Launch Pad from 8 November to 3 December 2021.
Join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://t.me/IA2030
On Monday 8 November, join us for the first Global Assembly to launch the IA2030 Impact Accelerator.
We will also announce the list of Scholars who have been appointed to the Organizing Committee to build the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.
Learn how the Launch pad works: https://youtu.be/V2pSJ2cy2UA?t=94
This Accelerator is the first of a series of initiatives to help achieve Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). As you know, IA2030 is the world’s strategy for the entire decade. The Accelerator is an opportunity to join and contribute to this nascent global Movement.
The Accelerator is not a course. The focus is on the actions you will take in your work, not on formal learning.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Listen to the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with Dr Judith Anchang-Kimbi and other colleagues from endemic countries who are taking action to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
This is an excerpt from the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Special Event, in which practitioners shared first-hand their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
Dr Judith Anchang-Kimbi led a community and hospital-based study in the Tiko Health Area, South West Region, Cameroon
“With the help of a community health worker and a research associate from the University of Buea, we randomly sampled the opinions of some women living in the target community” explains Dr Judith Anchang-Kimbi. “The individuals sampled reported no knowledge of FGS, having never heard about it.”
She says that “the lesson learned has enhanced better understanding on why such a study on FGS is critical and how to design and implement my action plan.”
Pelvic examination is performed only for other urinary tract infections and this is usually done upon request. Some women narrated having experienced abdominal pain, itches, discharges.
“My contribution to other Scholars”, says Dr Judith Anchang-Kimbi, is that “a successful action plan depends greatly on a thorough assessment of the scenario in context.”
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with Sedonia Abapori Adabugah and other colleagues from endemic countries who are taking action to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
This is an excerpt from the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Special Event, in which practitioners shared first-hand their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
Sedonia Abapori Adabugah shared what she learned during the FAST Package FGS workshop organized by Bridges to Development in partnership with the Geneva Learning Foundation: “I went to all the physician assistants in my districted and shared the slides with them.”
“One of them said there was a lady who keeps coming with recurrent STIs [sexually transmitted infections]. So he used the WHO Atlas [on FGS] and followed the protocol for investigation and treatment.”
However, “the fact that it is a rural area makes it difficult to access laboratory services. He therefore went ahead to suspect and treat her. Thankfully, she is doing well now.” Sedonia is still “hoping to still carry the laboratory investigation anytime she finds herself in town.”
The Geneva Learning Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the first Impact Accelerator for Immunization Agenda 2030.
The Accelerator will kick off on 8 November 2021 with the Launch pad, a series of activities led by peers working together to achieve impact.
This briefing is for Scholars who wish to know more about the Accelerator before submitting their application.
Learn more about Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with Ogechukwu Aribodor and other colleagues from endemic countries who are taking action to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
This is an excerpt from the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Special Event, in which practitioners shared first-hand their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
Ogechukwu Aribodor’s action plan aims to reduce the burden of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in endemic communities of Anambra State, Nigeria, using behavioural change communication (BCC) and the provision of alternative safe water supply.
Her host organisation is Nnamdi Azikiwe University, a Federal Government owned tertiary institution in Nigeria dedicated to teaching, research and community service. As an academic public health officer, she does not perform pelvic examinations.
Following the preliminary investigation carried out by our research team with me as the Principal investigator (PI) in some communities in the South-eastern region where we established the primary evidence of FGS in a young girl, Ogechukwu was keen to assist young girls and women affected in these communities. Hence, when the opportunity for the FGS competency training was announced, she applied.
The challenge Ogechukwu faced was how to prevent these young girls and women in endemic communities from accessing water bodies infested with the transmission stages of S. haematobium.
She believes this is important because behavioral change and awareness creation for FGS alone cannot prevent and lead to possible elimination of FGS: “Provision of an alternative safe water supply that will be sustainable will help to tackle FGS from the roots. This will help to interrupt completely the transmission cycle of the infective stages of these parasites and also prevent re-infection.”
Ogechukwu says that “the competency training really helped me to develop an action plan with specific deadlines to achieve my goal.”
This testimonial is part of a collection edited by the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit. Analytical commentary is shared by our Insights reviewers from Bridges to Development, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), and other partners.
We thank Jean Munro (Gavi) and Michela Manna (WHO) for their participation in the live event.
Working in the Foundation’s platform, national and sub-national immunization staff developed and peer reviewed 571 stories exploring gender norms, roles, behaviors and relations in the access and delivery of immunization services. The complete collection of stories, together with analysis of significant trends and patterns, are available exclusively for Insights subscribers.
Learn more about the Foundation’s Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
You can listen to excerpts from our Insights Unit in the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
Dr Meeta Dhaval Vashi is a Surveillance Officer at the WHO country office, India. She is involved in monitoring routine immunization and capacity building of government counterparts in Mumbai Metro city.
I visited a construction site located in lower Parel area of Mumbai in year 2014 for monitoring routine Immunization. The construction site was fully functional with many labourers staying in small temporary houses made in basements.There was a family with 2 children: elder daughter 4 years and son of 2.5 years , mother and father both manual labourers. The little girl was washing clothes and the son was playing sitting in a corner, both mother and father were working on the upper floors and a neighbouring lady was taking care in betweenOn going through the Immunization card, the son had received all due doses appropriate for age but there was no card for the daughter. When the mother was called , she said they have given her 1 injection in left leg at 2 or 3 months of age, after that “we have not given as if both the kids get vaccinated and develop fever for 2 days how will I work and I will lose my day’s wages. The elder daughter can take care of her brother well, so we have given him vaccinations.”
My responsibility was to educate parents on importance of immunization and evaluating service delivery for suggestions of improvementWe convinced the mother and then her husband that she can give vaccine to both on different days, and also explained the importance of vaccination for healthy children.
Dr Meeta’s takeaway from this story “Being a woman, I could convince mother properly giving several examples and explaining different disease starting from what she already knew and the husband too was convinced to immunise their daughter but I felt bad that even if they immunise once on my insistence, will they continue the same in future when they go to different city/ site of construction?”
Jean Munro’s reflection (Gavi) “Indeed, good reflective questions. The response doesn’t quite address the mother’s concern about her having to care for a feverish child when she should be working. What are other long term solutions that might address the mother’s concern?”
WHY IS THE GENEVA LEARNING FOUNDATION SHARING 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)
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.
Testimonial by an officer responsible for communication and surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) at the EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization) Antenna in Kikwit Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Note: This testimonial was shared on 2 October 2021 during the peer learning exchange organized by COVID-19 Peer Hub teams from DRC and Cameroon.
This testimonial was produced by the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit. https://www.learning.foundation/insights
The complete transcript of the inter-country peer learning exchange is available exclusively for Insights subscribers.
Listen to the Foundation’s new podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
The province was not among the priority provinces for the launch of COVID-19 vaccination. The EPI office received 200 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine. Vaccination was organized at the Kikwit Referral Hospital. This stock was quickly exhausted due to high demand.
A religious community came to request the vaccine against COVID. Another community of more than 200 Indians working in Kikwit also came to request the vaccine, but it was already out of stock. As soon as a second batch of vaccine was received, the population responded massively to be vaccinated.
Communication is done through Community Relays (CRs) and town criers, as Kikwit has no electricity to use the radio or other media for awareness raising. To listen to the radio in Kikwit, you need batteries and when these run out, there is no radio.
The message conveyed by the criers and the Community Relays specified the target of the vaccination (adults over 18 years of age, living with comorbidity) and, above all, the fact that this vaccination was voluntary. Adults came to ask for the vaccines even during the routine vaccination for children. There was no problem of vaccine hesitancy, despite some rumors.
Looking ahead, the Province is awaiting a new supply of vaccine and hopes to increase the number of vaccination sites from one to at least 18 in order to cover all 18 Health Zones with support from the national level.
Version française:
Témoignage d’un chargé de la Communication et de la Surveillance des MEV (maladies évitables par la vaccination) à l’Antenne PEV (Programme élargi de vaccination) de la Province de Kikwit, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).
La province n’était pas parmi les Provinces prioritaires pour le lancement de la vaccination contre le COVID-19. L’antenne PEV a reçu 200 doses du vaccin Astra Zeneca et la vaccination a été organisée à l’Hôpital de Référence de Kikwit. Ce stock a été très vite épuisé à cause d’une forte demande.
Une communauté religieuse est venue demander le vaccin anti-COVID. Une autre communauté de plus de 200 Indiens travaillant à Kikwit s’est aussi présentée pour demander le vaccin, mais il y avait rupture de stock. Dès la réception d’un deuxième lot des vaccins, les populations ont répondu massivement pour se faire vacciner.
Concernant la communication, elle est faite par le biais des Relais Communautaires (RC) et des Crieurs, Kikwit n’ayant pas d’électricité pour l’utilisation de la radio ou d’autres médias pour la sensibilisation. Pour écouter la radio à Kikwit, il faut des piles et lorsqu’elles se déchargent, il n’y a plus de radio.
Le message porté pas les crieurs et les Relais Communautaires précisait la cible de la vaccination (des adultes de plus de 18 ans, vivant avec comorbidité) et, surtout, le fait que cette vaccination était volontaire. Des adultes venaient demander les vaccins même pendant la vaccination de routine, prévue pour les enfants. Pas de problème d’hésitation à la vaccination, malgré quelques rumeurs.
En perspective, la Province attend une nouvelle dotation en vaccin et espère augmenter le nombre de sites de vaccination d’un à au moins 18 afin de couvrir toutes les 18 Zones de Santé avec l’appui du niveau national.
In our first Insights LIVE, Dr Calvin Tonga shares key learning and insights from the first inter-country peer learning exchange between Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
At the request of national EPI authorities, the DRC team hosted colleagues from Cameroon in two sessions to share experience of COVID-19 vaccine introduction, with participants from all levels of the health system contributing.
The Geneva Learning Foundation was honored to support the inter-country peer learning exchange organized through the leadership of Dr. Franck Monga, COVID-19 Scholar Peer Hub Team Leader for DRC, and Dr. Calvin Tonga, COVID-19 Team Leader for Cameroon.
Almost 1,000 Alumni of the Foundation’s COVID-19 Peer Hub joined this peer learning exchange.
Read more about the Geneva Learning Foundation’s unique approach Disseminating rapid learning about COVID-19 vaccine introduction https://redasadki.me/2021/03/28/disseminating-rapid-learning-about-covid-19-vaccine-
View the first session of this inter-country peer learning exchange (in French) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzOL3s8MBdI
View the full Insights Live #1 Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZi93hF69ls
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
Dr. K. Tiala Korkpor-Mulbah is the immunization and health systems strengthening technical officer working with WHO in Monrovia city, Montserrdo county, Liberia. We discuss her story exploring gender norms, roles, behaviors and relations in the access and delivery of immunization services.
This testimonial is part of a collection edited by the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights Unit. Analytical commentary is shared by our Insights reviewers from Bridges to Development, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), and other partners.
We thank Jean Munro (Gavi) and Michela Manna (WHO) for their participation in the live event.
Working in the Foundation’s platform, national and sub-national immunization staff developed and peer reviewed 571 stories exploring gender norms, roles, behaviors and relations in the access and delivery of immunization services. The complete collection of stories, together with analysis of significant trends and patterns, are available exclusively for Insights subscribers.
Learn more about the Foundation’s Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
You can listen to excerpts from our Insights Unit in the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
Summary of Dr. K. Tiala Korkpor-Mulbah’s story:
During Round 1 of the polio campaign in 2019 in Liberia, I was supervising an urban city in Monrovia. The team called to say there was a lady of the Muslim faith that had insisted her 3 children under 5 would not take the vaccine. I quickly went to the house along with the national supervisor. On the scene, the lady was very polite to us, but didn’t welcome us inside her home because her ‘husband’ wasn’t home, especially since the national supervisor was a male. She narrated that she had not gotten ‘instructions’ from her husband to vaccinate the children and so we couldn’t vaccinate them until she heard from her husband. She was quite aware of the benefits of vaccines and her children had taken previous vaccines on instructions of the husband. But because he wasn’t at home on the day the vaccination team came to the house, she was not clothed with the authority to decide what happened to the children outside her husband and therefore couldn’t decide on her own and allow the children to be vaccinated.
The 3 children received the vaccine after the father consented.
Dr Tiala’s takeaway from this story “One way to address this situation is to recruit immunization teams from all areas or religions. In this case, I believe had either of the team members been from the Muslim faith, persuasion of the mother from the onset would’ve been easier.”
Bill Moss’s question (IVAC) “Was this solely a religion issue or did the fact that the national supervisor was a male play a role?”
Jean Munro’s reflection (Gavi) “I think another takeaway is the importance of working directly with fathers and informing them of importance of vaccines, vaccine schedules, when/where vaccines will take place and that the husband needs to be available or to bring the children in.”
Chizoba Wonodi’s reflection (IVAC) “It seemed like the mother was already persuaded, she just did not have the “permission” to vaccinate her kids. In this setting the key lies with the men. Can an approach be to work with communities and their leaders to give “standing permission” to women for vaccinations of children? In thinking about more gender transformative approaches, we could ask, how do we transform social norms to make it okay for women to take decisions about protecting their children with vaccination?”
Jenny Sequeira’s reflection “This story reflects problems that many locations may face when immunization teams are not inclusive of local populations or do not adequately involve men/fathers. And the ‘fixes’ might not be as easy as the takeaway suggests. So it would be useful for stories like this to include particular efforts tried to address barriers in having more inclusive immunization teams and better involving men/fathers, because it is very likely others are facing similar challenges in overcoming social, cultural, or system norms.”
Michela Manna’s reflection (WHO) “Immunization campaigns need to take into account the different distribution of power in household decision making and how gender inequality can affect women’s agency to decide for their children. Men’s involvement in care also needs to be strengthened.”
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
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Ian Steed for a live update from the Geneva Learning Foundation’s new Insights Unit.
We will discuss: 1. Key learning points from Teach to Reach: Connect, in which over 4,000 national and sub-national immunization staff discussed and explored leadership for Immunization Agenda 2030, vaccine equity, and innovation. 2. Gender: Three stories from immunization staff in India and Liberia about the gender barriers they face and what they are doing about them. 3. COVID-10 vaccine introduction: Fresh insights from the latest inter-country peer learning exchange between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon.
Each of these items is the subject of a more detailed TGLF Insights brief. During this event, we will explain how interested parties can gain access to these insights and contribute their own.
Learn more about TGLF’s Insights https://www.learning.foundation/insights
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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.
Lightning chat with Peter Tippett, who says he is "on a mission to empower educators to do what they are passionate about."
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Listen to the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
An invitation from The Geneva Learning Foundation and Bridges to Development
You are invited to listen, learn, and share with colleagues from endemic countries who are taking action to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) has been described as one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
In this Special Event, you will hear first-hand from practitioners about their successes, lessons learned, and challenges.
Learn more https://www.learning.foundation/fgs
You are invited to our special session with award-winning digital communications CEO Mike Hanley.
Why is the Foundation offering a special session on this topic? Well, there came a poignant 'Eureka moment' when we realized how – in the face of disinformation propagating at light speed – the work of ‘comms’ practitioners like Mike is critical to survive the threats to our societies.
Do you have a digital communication challenge that you need help with? Share your challenge with Mike. He will select the most ‘wicked’ ones for live problem-solving during the special session. You do NOT need to be a communication specialist to join or to share your challenge.
Learn more & request your invitation: https://www.learning.foundation/communication-in-the-digital-age
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Listen to the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
La Fondation Apprendre Genève est honorée de partager cette invitation avec vous au nom du Dr Franck Monga, chef d'équipe du Réseau Scholar COVID-19 de la RDC, et du Dr Calvin Tonga, chef d'équipe COVID-19 pour le Cameroun.
A la demande des autorités nationales du PEV, l'équipe de la RDC accueillera des collègues du Cameroun lors d'une séance exceptionnelle pour partager l'expérience de l'introduction du vaccin COVID-19 afin de contribuer à la réussite de la vaccination contre le COVID-19.
Votre participation est requise, surtout si vous êtes directement impliqué dans l'introduction du vaccin ou si vous êtes concerné par cette question.
Les Membres du Réseau COVID-19 de ces deux pays ont reçu l'invitation pour contribuer à cette rencontre.
Les Membres des autres pays sont invités à suivre le direct de cette rencontre.
Rejoignez le Réseau des professionnels de la vaccination: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach-fr
Immunization staff from all over the world were selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) to join the second cohort of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification on Immunization Agenda 2030.
Join the participants for today's Orientation briefing.
This briefing will provide an introduction to the course learning process.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
You are invited to join the inaugural lecture and discussion with Dr Ann Lindstrand (WHO) and Dr Robin Nandy (UNICEF) on the occasion of the launch of the second cohort of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification on Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)
This is a unique opportunity to learn about Immunization Agenda 2030 from two global immunization leaders from WHO and UNICEF who are accountable for the new strategy.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
This inaugural lecture was recorded on 5 May 2021.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
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
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Listen to the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
In July 2020, immunization professionals from 85 countries came together to create the COVID-19 Peer Hub, doubling the number of active participants in the Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform.
In the face of the unknown, we came together from health facilities to the national planning teams – every level of the health system –, inventing new ways to work together across geographic borders in the face of a common challenge.
We shared ideas, tapping into our collective know-how, first to keep vaccination going, keeping both staff and families safe, and then to prepare for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines.
One year on, many of the Peer Hub’s founders are helping to lead their countries’ COVID-19 response and vaccine introduction. This is no coincidence.
One year on, our platform has become the world's largest digital health community for national and sub-national immunization managers.
Join us Monday, as we launch a new call to action in response to the urgent needs of today, look to the future of Immunization Agenda 2030, and imagine together how people who deliver vaccines will help build a new kind of movement for Primary Health Care (PHC).
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Listen to the Foundation’s podcast https://www.learning.foundation/podcast
Alumni from Pakistan and Nigeria recently self-organized a peer learning exchange to share early learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
In this session (recorded on 19 June 2021), Nigeria members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub shared their experience with their Pakistani counterparts.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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 36,000 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: https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Alumni from Pakistan and Nigeria recently self-organized a peer learning exchange to share early learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
In this session, Pakistani Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub share their experience with Nigerian counterparts.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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 36,000 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: https://www.learning.foundation/insights
Alumni from Pakistan and Nigeria recently self-organized a peer learning exchange to share early learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Ian Steed from the Geneva Learning Foundation for a sneak preview from the Foundation’s new Insights Unit.
We will discuss the insights gained from this exchange with Insights Partners Tafida Mamman Barka, Alan Brooks (Bridges to Development), Muhammed Imran Qureshi, and Jenny Sequeira.
Attendees will be invited to join our new Insights to receive summary briefs prepared by the Foundation’s Insights Unit about this exchange, as well as upcoming case studies and analyses about vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 recovery, Immunization Agenda 2030.
The complete recorded sessions of this fascinating peer learning exchange will be live-streamed after the Lightning Chat.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
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 36,000 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: https://www.learning.foundation/insights
The Geneva Learning foundation’s Dialogue connects a diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Key Contributors for the Dialogue on 27 June 2021 include: Nancy Dixon, Bill Gardner, Renee Rogers, Laura Bierema, Aliki Nicolaides, Bill Wiggenhorn, and Chizoba Wonodi.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
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
The first cohort of radiologists, radiographers, and paediatricians just completed the WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging.
Join us to celebrate the Commencement of the next stage in their journey, in which they will be taking action to implement their ideas.
Defying distance to collaborate across geographic, professional, and economic barriers, they worked together develop action plans to improve radiation risk-benefit communication in their individual contexts.
Their collective effort was guided and supported by Dr Maria del Rosario Perez (WHO), Dr Don Frush (Chair of the Image Gently Alliance and co-chair of the global Quality Safety Alliance of the International Society of Radiology), and Dr Joanna Kasznia-Brown (President of the World Federation of Paediatric Imaging and Chair of Outreach Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology).
Learn more about the course: https://www.learning.foundation/who-pediatric-radiation-communication
TGLF Update: News and opportunities for immunization leaders
Do you work in immunization?
Join this rapid-fire Update with Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation.
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Are you involved in COVID-19 vaccine introduction? The Pakistan COVID-19 Peer Hub Team will host the Nigeria Team to share experience and early learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction. Scholars from India have also been invited, as an expression of solidarity. Join this TGLF Update to find out: How can Scholars from other countries join the Exchange? What are key insights gained from exchanges between Ghana and Cameroon and Ivory Coast and DRC? Which countries' teams will be meeting next in this ongoing Inter-Country Peer Exchange?
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Teach to Reach Connect 2: Discover this unique opportunity to meet, network, and learn with fellow immunization professionals from all over the world.
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Do you know about the Impact Accelerator? Listen to compelling stories and testimonials from immunization Scholars who are working together to achieve impact
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Concerned by inequities in immunization? Discover our new learning opportunity to collaborate with peers from others countries toward reaching zero-dose communities.
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Additional exciting announcements and updates from the Foundation and its immunization partners
TGLF Dialogue for Learning, Leadership, and Impact (Season 1 Episode 3)
The Dialogue connects a very diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We reflect on the significance of leadership for current trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Key Contributors for the Dialogue on 30 May 2021 include: Laura Bierema, Emanuele Copabianco, Nancy Dixon, Katiuscia Fara, Renee Rogers, and Esther Wojcicki.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue: https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
John Helmer talks, he says, “to the people and technologies creating the future of learning and development.”
His recurring questions: What are the most significant innovations? How is digital technology and scientific discovery changing the way we learn, train, teach and educate?
He is preparing a follow-up episode about Learning during the Pandemic.
Join us for the live recording of his interview with Reda Sadki, president of The Geneva Learning Foundation.
You can already view previous podcast episodes of The Learning Hack with The Geneva Learning Foundation via the links below.
Learning on the Cusp of Chaos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSWZpX05wGo
Learning in a pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2R-TXM-qXI
Work-based learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hso2V00Iqko
Topic: Gender and immunization (Part 3 of 3) Guest: Michela Manna and Shirin Heidari (WHO)
Part 3 of this series on gender and immunization will be livestreamed on 18 May 2021.
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
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.
Immunization staff from all over the world were selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) to join the first cohort of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification on Immunization Agenda 2030.
Join the participants for today's Orientation briefing.
This briefing will provide an introduction to the course learning process.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030
IA2030 Lightning chat: Life course vaccination with Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Topic: Life course vaccination Guest: Laura Nic Lochlainn (World Health Organization)
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
IA2030 Lightning chat: Immunization for Primary health care with Dr. Folake Olayinka, Co-Chair IA2030 Immunization programs for UHC/PHC Working Group
Topic: Immunization for Primary health care Guest: Dr. Folake Olayinka, Co-Chair IA2030 Immunization programs for UHC/PHC Working Group
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
More information: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Neglected needs of women's health: 95 FGS workshop participants from Ghana and other countries present their plans of action
As part of the FGS Accelerated Scale Together (FAST) project, Bridges to Development in partnership with the Geneva Learning Foundation, 95 health professionals just completed the first Scholar Level 1 certification workshop today.
Join this event to hear how 95 graduates of the first FGS Scholar Level 1 certification workshop are taking action to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).
FGS affected an estimated 56 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.
Yet, FGS is typically not part of standard medical training.
Health professionals are often not familiar with FGS, leading to misdiagnosis and improper treatment with grave implications for women’s sexual and reproductive health.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/female-genital-schistosomiasis
Rapid learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction: What did Ghana and Cameroon learn from each other?
Last week, the Ghana Team of the COVID-19 Peer Hub welcomed their colleagues from Cameroon in a special session to share experiences of COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
COVID-19 Peer Hub Members and friends from all countries listened in. The Teams decided to meet again, this time in private.
You are invited to the recap, where COVID-19 Peer Hub team leaders from Ghana and Cameroon will share their insights.
View recording of the inaugural inter-country exchange on 2 May 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pCXj_2U3E
IA2030 Lightning chat: The importance of home-based records/vaccination cards, with Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Topic: The importance of home-based records/vaccination cards Guest: Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
You are invited to join the inaugural lecture and discussion with Dr Ann Lindstrand (WHO) and Dr Robin Nandy (UNICEF) on the occasion of the launch of the WHO Scholar Level 1 certification on Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)
This is a unique opportunity to learn about Immunization Agenda 2030 from two global immunization leaders from WHO and UNICEF who are accountable for the new strategy.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
IA2030 Lightning chat: Integration of immunization with other health services with Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Topic: Integration of immunization with other health services Guest: Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Topic: Gender and immunization (Part 2 of 3) Guest: Michela Manna and Shirin Heidari (WHO)
Part 3 of this series on gender and immunization will be livestreamed on 18 May 2021.
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
For COVID-19 vaccine introduction to succeed, we need new ways to disseminate rapid learning.
The Geneva Learning Foundation is honored to share with you the following invitation of Dr. Daniel Asomaning, COVID-19 Peer Hub Team Leader for Ghana, and Martha Ngoe, COVID-19 Peer Hub Team Leader for Anglophones in Cameroon.
The Ghana Team of the COVID-19 Peer Hub will welcome their colleagues from Cameroon in a special session to share experiences of COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Participants include health professionals directly involved in COVID-19 vaccine introduction from all levels of the health system, and from government, private, and civil society.
COVID-19 Peer Hub Members and friends from all countries are welcome to listen in.
Other COVID-19 Peer Hub country teams are organizing similar inter-country exchanges, in response to their own needs, building on what they have learned as Scholars about the value of digital networks to strengthen and accelerate their response to the pandemic, from recovery to vaccine introduction.
Topic: People-Centered Immunization Services Guest: Francine Ganter-Restrepo (WHO)
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Be first in your country to learn about Immunization Agenda 2030
You are invited to the Foundation’s Special Event about Immunization Agenda 2030 during World Immunization Week.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Click here to request your invitation https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
Topic: Reasons for Missed Opportunities for Vaccination Guest: Laura Nic Lochlainn (WHO)
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation to learn about the world's new vision and strategy for the future of immunization.
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.
In some countries, progress has stalled or even reversed, and there is a real risk that complacency will undermine past achievements.
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.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges
The Dialogue connects a very diverse group of learning leaders from all over the world who are tackling complex learning, leadership, and impact challenges.
Join Reda Sadki and Karen E. Watkins from The Geneva Learning Foundation in a global roundtable with twenty remarkable Key Contributors.
We discuss the latest trends, explore lessons learned and successes, and problem-solve real-world challenges and dilemmas submitted by Members of the Dialogue.
Key Contributors for the Dialogue on 25 April 2021 include: Nancy Dixon, Katiuscia Fara, Bill Gardner, Bryan Hopkins, Barbara Moser-Mercer, Renee Rogers, and Esther Wojcicki.
Request your invitation to join the Dialogue: https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki of The Geneva Learning Foundation to discover 5 new, exciting opportunities for immunization professionals.
We will be sharing some of the most surprising learning from the first Teach to Reach: Connect event, during which over 1,300 immunization professionals discussed COVID-19 vaccine introduction, how to improve immunization training, and how to reach zero-dose children.
Here are 5 reasons why you do not want to miss this live update:
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Get your invitation to celebrate World Immunization Week with immunization colleagues from all over the world.
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Help turn Immunization Agenda 2030, a new global vision and strategy adopted by the World Health Assembly, into a global movement to achieve the immunization goals.
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Discover how you can join the COVID-19 Peer Hub Inter-Country Collaborative, in which country teams are sharing rapid learning from COVID-19 vaccine introduction.
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Learn when and how you can meet, network, and learn with fellow immunization professionals from all over the world.
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Join the Foundation’s Dialogue on learning, leadership, and impact.
COVID-19 vaccine introduction: Lessons learned from the first Inter-Country Peer Learning Collaborative
Join us for a quick recap in English of the COVID-19 Peer Hub's first Inter-Country Peer Learning Exchange between Alumni from Côte d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Charlotte Mbuh and Dr Palenfo Dramane, who are facilitating this Inter-Country Peer Learning Exchange, will share the first lessons learned from this exchange.
On Saturday, March 27, 2021, the COVID-19 Scholar Peer Hub team from the Democratic Republic of Congo took the initiative to invite their colleagues from Côte d'Ivoire, asking the latter to share their experience in introducing the COVID-19 vaccine.
They are continuing their dialogue, and alumni from other countries are preparing similar exchanges.
We are pleased to welcome Dr Julie Jacobson to our 15-minute Global Health Symposium.
Julie Jacobson is a global health leader and physician with a life-long commitment to addressing complex public health problems with creative problem solving, innovation, and development of collaborative partnerships for delivering global results. Now a founding Partner of Bridges to Development, Julie has contributed to a new global recognition of the out-sized burden of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) on women in Africa and its overlap or increased risks related to HIV, HPV and STIs.
FGS has been described as the one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 56 million women and girls infected.
The suffering of women and girls due to FGS can be reduced and even avoided.
What is the "15-minute Global Health Symposium?" In today's world of knowledge abundance, we believe that the 60-minute presentation webinar is not only boring but also ineffective. Instead, in just 15 minutes, we strive to provide what you need to answer two questions: 1) Is this relevant to my work and my learning and 2) If it is, how can I learn more?
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/female-genital-schistosomiasis
Are you facing a learning, leadership, or impact challenge? Listen in on the Foundation’s first invitation-only Clubhouse chat.
Karen Watkins and I will be chatting about the Foundation’s unique approach to this tryptic of learning, leadership, and impact in the Digital Age. It will be informal in ways intended to provoke incidental learning. No stilted panel, rigid agenda, or dull slides. That’s a promise.
We will be sharing some of the insights we gained about resilience during the first year of COVID-19, learning from the Foundation’s immunization programme that connected thousands of health professionals during the early days of the pandemic.
And, most important, we are opening it up so that you can share your real-world challenges, successes, and lessons learned.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/dialogue
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
Onboarding briefing: WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging
Join course participants who are onboarding this week in the WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging
This course is intended for health care providers (in-service) as well as medical and dental students (pre-service).
You are welcome to join this onboarding briefing, even if your application was not selected by WHO or you did not apply.
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/paediatric-radiation-risk-event
Learn about one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa
Are you aware of FGS, one of the most neglected sexual and reproductive health issues in sub-Saharan Africa?
The suffering of women and girls due to Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) can be reduced and even avoided.
Whether you are a health professional working in a schistosomiasis endemic country in sub-Saharan Africa or a global health professional concerned about women’s health, you can make a difference.
As part of the FGS Accelerated Scale Together (FAST) project, Bridges to Development, working in partnership with the Geneva Learning Foundation, invites applications for the Scholar Level 1 Workshop for Improved Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).
Request the application via this link: https://www.learning.foundation/female-genital-schistosomiasis
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9 April 2021
Health professionals from Ghana and Madagascar are especially encouraged to apply. You do not need to have prior experience with FGS in order to participate in this workshop. Only selected applicants will receive a Letter of Acceptance by e-mail.
Please review the announcement carefully before you decide to apply
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.
On Monday, 8 March 2021, the world will be celebrating the International Women’s Day (IWD) under the theme: 'Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.'
For the first time, we are convening women who are leading the COVID-19 Peer Hub and the Teach to Reach global community for action, when the world's countries are introducing COVID-19 vaccine.
Join us to honor the women on the frontlines who continue to work tirelessly to maintain immunization services within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, support the vaccine rollout, and pursue efforts to reach the 20 million children who remain at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Special Event: Radiation risk communication to improve benefit-risk dialogue in paediatric imaging
Join Dr María del Rosario Perez from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dr Don Frush from Image Gently to explore the issues covered in the WHO Scholar Level 1 course on radiation risk communication.
Participants in this Special Event organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation will receive the WHO guidance document “Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging: Information to support healthcare discussions about benefit and risk”.
Register here for the Special Event https://www.learning.foundation/paediatric-radiation-risk-event
This Special Event is offered ahead of the World Health Organization's pilot Scholar Level 1 course on communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging.
The course is primarily targeted at health-care providers who refer pediatric patients for radiological imaging OR who perform radiological imaging in paediatric patients. Medical and dental school students, as well as those belonging to other academic and research institutions, may also apply.
Learn more about the course https://www.learning.foundation/who-pediatric-radiation-communication
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.
Mass Vaccination Campaigns: Reaching the Zero-Dose Child
Join Ian Steed and Reda Sadki from The Geneva Learning Foundation in conversation with Simon Mutembo.
In May 2020, Simon Mutembo of the Macha Research Trust in Zambia was awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop a method to identify and map children who have never received vaccinations so that they can be targeted during mass vaccination campaigns.
Many of these children live in remote areas and are missed by population estimates. Mutembo’s method combines field work by community health workers with spatial intelligence using a geospatial application on smart phones to develop geographical maps of vaccination coverage at the household level.
Households with low or no vaccinations can then be targeted directly by campaign health workers. They tested their approach using a non-randomized controlled before and after study associated with planned measles and rubella mass vaccination campaigns in 14 areas in Zambia.
This innovative method was to provide a more reliable measure of vaccination coverage. Find out today how it turned out – and let us know if such innovation could help you where you work.
Join Charlotte Mbuh and Reda Sadki today to get the latest news and updates from The Geneva Learning Foundation.
The Teach to Reach Accelerator global community of action is launching this Friday. Find out more about this special event and how it can help you to improve your immunization training efforts. (Also, get the update on certificates of attendance for those who participated in the Teach to Reach Accelerator conference.)
Get the update on COVID-19 vaccine introduction, including new resources from the World Health Organization to support countries. Find out how to become a Member of the COVID-19 Peer Hub in 2021.
New courses and programmes: You may be surprised to discover that of the two new courses launching in March, neither of them is about immunization… Join us to learn more about our latest learning opportunities.
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
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
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
To keep the conversation going and connect with peers like Morufu, register NOW to join the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference, to be held January 26-28, 2021 -- hurry, seats are limited!
Learn more: https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach
We see you, and we appreciate you-- yes, YOU. Warm wishes from Charlotte Mbuh of The Geneva Learning Foundation to our family of immunization professionals as we enter the second year of the pandemic.
Join us for the Teach to Reach Accelerator Conference (26-28 January 2021): 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.
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
Join us for a four-part miniseries with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC).
In each Live Learning Moment, we will start with a Q&A focused on a specific aspect of serosurveys. Participants will be invited to submit questions in the comments for consideration by the experts from IVAC.
Serosurveys are studies that test body fluids, most commonly blood but also oral fluid, to estimate what proportion of the population has been vaccinated against or previously infected with a pathogen—and how many people remain susceptible.
This series is organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation in collaboration with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
More information: https://www.learning.foundation/serosurveys-event
NOTE START TIME IS 2:15 PM CET, ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN SHOWN
TODAY EPISODE 4 OF 4 IN THIS MINISERIES
IN TODAY’S EPISODE: Alternatives to community-based surveys
Starring: Kyla Hayford and Andrea Carcelan from the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
Join us at this time every day for a four-part miniseries with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), from Tuesday 14 December until Friday 18 December.
In each Live Learning Moment, we will start with a Q&A focused on a specific aspect of serosurveys. Participants will be invited to submit questions in the comments for consideration by the experts from IVAC.
Serosurveys are studies that test body fluids, most commonly blood but also oral fluid, to estimate what proportion of the population has been vaccinated against or previously infected with a pathogen—and how many people remain susceptible.
This series is organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation in collaboration with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The mini-series will be simultaneously live-streamed on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope (Twitter). To ensure that you do not miss this Event, follow these links now to Like, Subscribe, and Share on your preferred platform(s).
TODAY EPISODE 3 OF 4 IN THIS MINISERIES
IN TODAY’S EPISODE: Challenges with community-based serosurveys
Starring: Simon Mutembo and Kyla Hayford from the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
Join us at this time every day for a four-part miniseries with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), from Tuesday 14 December until Friday 18 December.
In each Live Learning Moment, we will start with a Q&A focused on a specific aspect of serosurveys. Participants will be invited to submit questions in the comments for consideration by the experts from IVAC.
Serosurveys are studies that test body fluids, most commonly blood but also oral fluid, to estimate what proportion of the population has been vaccinated against or previously infected with a pathogen—and how many people remain susceptible.
This series is organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation in collaboration with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The mini-series will be simultaneously live-streamed on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope (Twitter). To ensure that you do not miss this Event, follow these links now to Like, Subscribe, and Share on your preferred platform(s).
TODAY EPISODE 2 OF 4 IN THIS MINISERIES
IN TODAY’S EPISODE: How to conduct community-based serosurveys
Starring: Bill Moss and Alvira Hasan from the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
Join us at this time every day for a four-part miniseries with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), from Tuesday 14 December until Friday 18 December.
In each Live Learning Moment, we will start with a Q&A focused on a specific aspect of serosurveys. Participants will be invited to submit questions in the comments for consideration by the experts from IVAC.
Serosurveys are studies that test body fluids, most commonly blood but also oral fluid, to estimate what proportion of the population has been vaccinated against or previously infected with a pathogen—and how many people remain susceptible.
This series is organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation in collaboration with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The mini-series will be simultaneously live-streamed on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope (Twitter). To ensure that you do not miss this Event, follow these links now to Like, Subscribe, and Share on your preferred platform(s).
Join us at this time every day for a four-part miniseries with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), from Tuesday 14 December until Friday 18 December.
In each Live Learning Moment, we will start with a Q&A focused on a specific aspect of serosurveys. Participants will be invited to submit questions in the comments for consideration by the experts from IVAC.
Serosurveys are studies that test body fluids, most commonly blood but also oral fluid, to estimate what proportion of the population has been vaccinated against or previously infected with a pathogen—and how many people remain susceptible.
This series is organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation in collaboration with the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The mini-series will be simultaneously live-streamed on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope (Twitter). To ensure that you do not miss this Event, follow these links now to Like, Subscribe, and Share on your preferred platform(s).
More information: https://www.learning.foundation/serosurveys-event
You are invited to a Live Workshop organized by Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub, a network of more than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff from 90 countries.
Prof. Heidi J. Larson is an anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
The Vaccine Confidence Project is conducting a global study to track public sentiment and emotions around current and potential measures to contain and treat COVID-19.
Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub are immunization staff from 90 countries who are likely to be the ones tasked with introducing COVID-19 vaccines.
What do you expect to face with respect to vaccine hesitancy, demand promotion, and community engagement? How are you preparing to face this?
You are invited to a Workshop organized by Members of the COVID-19 Peer Hub, a network of more than 6,000 national and sub-national immunization staff from 90 countries.
Ann Lindstrand heads the Essential Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the World Health Organization.
She will be our guest to listen and learn with national and sub-national immunization staff.
As WHO’s Co-Lead for COVAX, the vaccines pillar of the ACT Accelerator, Ann’s goal is to help end the acute phase of the global pandemic by the end of 2021 by providing access to at least 2 billion doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable in all participating economies.
There are now several vaccines for COVID-19 in the pipeline. A vaccine may be reaching your country soon.
Immunization staff, especially those in communities, remain the most trusted advisor and influencer of vaccination decisions.
We are the ones that will need to provide trusted, credible information on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Together, we will explore questions that include: Have you been involved in new vaccine introduction in the past? What was the most difficult challenge that you faced? Are you involved in COVID-19 vaccine introduction and roll-out in your country? Do you expect to be involved soon? Are you involved in developing your country’s National Vaccine Deployment Plan (or at your system level)? What is your role? What do you think you [in your context] will find the most challenging in order to introduce COVID-19 vaccine? What do you expect to face with respect to vaccine hesitancy, demand promotion, and community engagement? How are you preparing to face this?
COVID-19 vaccine introduction: Take-aways from a multi-country workshop Susan MacKay from GAVI
Following a private workshop with more than 120 national and sub-national staff from the COVID-19 Peer Hub, specifically focused on vaccine hesitancy and demand promotion, we ask Susan MacKay from GAVI for her reflections and take-aways.
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.
COVID-19 Peer Hub workshop with Lisa Menning (WHO): Exploring vaccine hesitancy and demand promotion in practice
PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR TRUSTED COLLEAGUES.
Join us for this workshop with Lisa Menning from the World Health Organization (WHO). Lisa is the Technical focal point responsible for the area of vaccination demand and behavioural sciences.
Since July 2020, more than 6,000 immunization professionals from 90 countries have joined the COVID-19 Peer Hub to maintain immunization services during the pandemic.
More than 500 Peer Hub participants are developing peer-reviewed case studies to document their experience in helping individuals and groups overcome their reluctance, hesitancy, or fear of vaccination.
In Friday's exceptional event, participants will present their case studies and receive feedback from Lisa Menning.
Health workers, especially those working alongside community members, remain the most trusted and influential advisers in immunization decisions.
We must support each other during the pandemic to continue to provide reliable and credible information about vaccines - and prepare for the day when there will be a safe and effective COVID vaccine.
Join us.
Vaccine hesitancy: Testimonies and case studies from the COVID-19 Peer Hub
PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR TRUSTED COLLEAGUES.
Can you recall a time when you helped an individual or group overcome their reluctance, hesitancy or fear of vaccination?
Following the Special Event on November 23rd, we continue to share experiences with health professionals from all over the world.
Health workers, especially those working alongside community members, remain the most trusted and influential advisers in immunization decisions.
We must support each other during the pandemic to continue to provide reliable and credible information about vaccines - and prepare for the day when there will be a safe and effective COVID vaccine.
Since July 2020, more than 6,000 immunization professionals from 90 countries have joined the COVID-19 Peer Hub to maintain immunization services during the pandemic.
Join us.
PLEASE SHARE WITH TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND GROUPS.
Since July 2020, more than 6,000 immunization professionals from 90 countries have joined the COVID-19 Peer Hub to keep vaccination services during the pandemic.
Vaccine hesitancy is the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines. It threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.
On November 23rd, join us for a Special Event, broadcast on Facebook Live, to hear from global experts and share experience with country-based practitioners.
Speakers: Heidi Larson (The Vaccine Confidence Project), Susan McKay (GAVI), Lisa Menning (WHO)
Rogers Kanee from Nigeria is our guest on today’s Ideas Engine LIVE: From vaccine hesitancy to acceptance
Can you think of a time when you helped an individual or group overcome their initial reluctance, hesitancy, or fear about vaccination?
What were the strategies or solutions deployed? What words were used to inform stakeholders? Who or what helped make a difference? How did it turn out?
Vaccine hesitancy is the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines. It threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.
More about the COVID-19 Peer Hub's work on vaccine hesitancy: https://www.learning.foundation/covid-vaccine-hesitancy