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Securing the Future of Immunization in Africa
Empowering communities for sustainable health through advocacy, accountability, and equitable access to vaccines
About the Campaign
The VacciNations Campaign is a year-long advocacy initiative led by PATH, WACI Health, and the Gavi CSO Constituency. It aims to ensure increased funding commitments for immunization through Gavi replenishment and domestic resource mobilization for sustainable immunization financing. This campaign responds to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many African children under-immunized or with zero vaccine doses.
Why Immunization Matters
Immunization is not just a healthcare service—it is a lifesaving intervention that strengthens communities, enhances health systems, and contributes to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly SDG 3, which calls for good health and well-being for all. Although Africa has made significant progress in expanding immunization coverage, recent disruptions underscore the urgent need to reinforce immunization efforts and funding mechanisms to safeguard future generations.
Campaign Objectives
- Analyze the impact of shrinking fiscal space on national and global immunization financing.
- Highlight successful financing and accountability models that can be replicated or scaled up across African nations.
- Present the latest findings from studies on immunization financing and accountability to inform policy changes and best practices.
- Strengthen partnerships between governments, technical teams, and civil society organizations to bolster immunization financing and accountability mechanisms across Africa.
Key Focus Areas
- Immunization Financing: Addressing gaps in funding and how to mitigate risks associated with shrinking fiscal space.
- Policy and Practice: Translating recent study findings into actionable policies that enhance immunization systems.
- Partnership Building: Leveraging collaboration between governments, technical experts, civil society, and donors to amplify immunization funding and outcomes.
- Sustainable Solutions: Promoting domestic resource mobilization for sustainable long-term immunization financing.
Upcoming Events
Financing the Future of Immunization in Africa
Join us in a high-level consultation as part of the VacciNations Campaign. This session brings together key decision-makers, policymakers, technical teams, and civil society organizations from across Africa and beyond to discuss the critical need for enhanced immunization financing.
Get Involved
The VacciNations Campaign invites all stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, civil society organizations, and healthcare professionals, to engage in this critical dialogue. Your participation will help shape the future of immunization across Africa, ensuring that no child is left behind
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Testimonials
Dr. Mike Mulongo presented a health financing analysis of 10 African countries, highlighting challenges such as low tax revenues, high public debt, and insufficient health spending. The analysis underscored the need for multi-sectoral investments and improved domestic resource mobilization to ensure the sustainability and ownership of immunization programmes.
Hamzah Zekriah, Senior Manager, Public Partnership Engagement and CSO Liaison at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, discussed the organisation's efforts to engage civil society in reaching the unreached and zero-dose children. He acknowledged the limitations of the current engagement model and highlighted initiatives to address them, such as allocating a minimum of 10% of funding to civil society organisations, promoting localisation, and establishing partnerships for community mobilisation.
Nine-year-old Mary Nafula Sambili, a child advocate from Kenya, shared her perspective on the importance of immunization. She emphasized that every child deserves access to life- saving vaccines, regardless of their background or family's financial situation. Mary called for governments, donors, and CSOs to prioritize funding and ensure that no child is turned away due to a lack of vaccines.
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