Routine immunization
Supporting equitable access to routine immunization services and improving vaccination uptake among eligible populations, with particular attention to children who are underserved or have limited access to health services.
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Immunization & Disease Prevention
Preventing vaccine-preventable and other infectious diseases by reaching underserved communities with quality immunization and disease prevention services.
Overview
Programme overview
We work to prevent vaccine-preventable and other infectious diseases by strengthening access to quality immunization and essential disease prevention services. Our interventions focus on reaching underserved and hard-to-reach communities, improving vaccination coverage, promoting early detection and strengthening community participation in disease prevention and control.
Through collaboration with health authorities, healthcare providers and community structures, we support stronger primary healthcare systems and promote sustainable approaches to disease prevention and public health protection.
What we do
Key areas of intervention
From routine vaccination to outbreak response, six areas of work that protect children and communities.
Zero-dose and defaulter tracking
Identifying children who have never received routine vaccines or who have missed scheduled doses, and strengthening community and facility linkages to ensure they are reached and connected to appropriate immunization services.
Disease prevention and control
Supporting the prevention, early identification, appropriate management and referral of priority communicable diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and other infectious diseases of public health importance.
Community-based disease surveillance
Strengthening community awareness and early identification and reporting of suspected diseases to facilitate timely investigation, referral and public health response.
Health promotion and risk communication
Working with communities, health workers, local leaders and other influencers to promote vaccination, healthy behaviours, disease prevention and appropriate care-seeking practices.
Outbreak preparedness and response
Supporting communities and health systems to strengthen preparedness, early detection and coordinated response to disease outbreaks and other public health threats.
Objectives
What the programme sets out to achieve
Three objectives guide our immunization and disease prevention work.
Objective 1: Increase immunization coverage and equity
To improve access to and utilisation of routine and supplementary immunization services, particularly among zero-dose, under-immunized and underserved populations.
Objective 2: Reduce the burden of preventable diseases
To strengthen disease prevention, early detection, referral and appropriate management of priority communicable and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Objective 3: Strengthen community participation in disease prevention
To improve community knowledge, vaccination acceptance, early care-seeking and participation in disease surveillance, prevention and response activities.
How we work
Our approach
We implement our interventions through an integrated, community-centred and health-system strengthening approach. We work with government health authorities, healthcare providers, community leaders, community health workers and other partners to:
- Strengthen the capacity of frontline health workers and service providers.
- Improve the quality, availability and reach of immunization services.
- Identify and reach zero-dose and under-immunized children.
- Strengthen community mobilisation, health education and risk communication.
- Promote early identification, referral and reporting of priority diseases.
- Strengthen linkages between communities, health facilities and public health systems.
- Use health data and evidence to identify service gaps and improve programme performance.
- Support coordinated preparedness and response to outbreaks and other public health emergencies.
Impact
Expected impact
Our interventions contribute to increased immunization coverage, reduced numbers of zero-dose and under-immunized children, stronger disease surveillance and response, improved community awareness, and a reduced burden of preventable diseases.
Ultimately, we aim to contribute to healthier communities and stronger primary healthcare systems capable of preventing, detecting and responding effectively to public health threats.
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