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www.gavi.org
Immunization and the Faith Community
CCIH 29th Annual Conference Cristina Bisson June 27th, 2015 Arlington, VA
Accelerate equitable uptake and coverage of vaccines
Increase effectiveness & efficiency of immunisation
delivery as integrated part of health systems
Improve sustainability of national immunisation programmes
Shape markets for vaccines and other
immunisation products
To save children’s lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable use
of vaccines in lower- income countries
Gavi strategy 2016–2020
21.8 MILLION CHILDREN UNDER-IMMUNISED Number of children globally not receiving the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine, 2013
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Source: WHO/UNICEF coverage estimates 2013 revision, July 2014.
almost 85% are in Gavi-supported countries
21.8 million
<5% of children fully immunised today
50% of children fully immunised by 2020
A broadening partnership…
Developing country
governments
... and many others across the public and
private spheres
civil society and faith based community
private sector
donor governments
vaccine manufacturers
academia
Partnership among global health and the faith community
Extensive and unique reach > a voice of support for childhood immunisation programmes Strong mobilisers > credible source of information, enablers environment for policymakers, decision-makers with families Influence > national policy, advocate for stronger government support of national immunisation programmes.
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Past Engagement with the faith based community
• Gavi has supported vaccines since 2000 • Pope Benedict XVI IFFIm • Support to 33 OIC member states • SANRU and Kenya FBO’s with the MOH • Gavi Board Member Support • Latter Day Saints Charities • Muslim Aid (2011), Pakistan • The Gavi CSO constituency and CSO Project • World Faith Development Dialogue and Gavi research
• UNICEF’s progress as Gavi Alliance partner
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Approach for Faith Based Community Engagement
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Engage for increase
immunization
Building Partnerships
Outreach
Country Engagement
Information, Tools
How communities are committed to ensuring children everywhere have access to vaccines?
Barriers • Misbeliefs/misinformation creates doubt/fear feeding anti-vaccine
campaigns. • Lack of consideration on both sides, no social responsibility or
coordinated efforts to mobilize all faith groups • Lack of deliberate structures at all levels to engage faith leaders
• Development partners’ unintended neglect of faith leaders.
• Existing mechanisms can provide barrier to direct funding.
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How communities are committed to ensuring children everywhere have access to vaccines?
Opportunities • Establish and engage in interreligious platforms in the
planning, information sharing, provision • Top liners faith leaders can help with - health benefits of
vaccines, and address fears and doubts at all levels • Paradigm shift - sway faith leaders added value of including
immunization (all health ) into agenda • Establish inclusive structures to elicit and validate the role of
faith inspired communities
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Potential results
1. Accelerate equitable uptake and coverage of vaccines.
• Faith leaders advocate for
coverage/equity; a statement • Participate in introductions of
vaccines, respond to special needs in fragile states
2. Increase effectiveness and efficiency of immunization delivery as part of strengthened health system. • Religious actors advocate for
integrated comprehensive immunization programmes, mobilize constituents/increase demand
3. Improve sustainability of national immunisation programmes.
• Religious actors at the national and
sub national level can advocate for greater political will for immunisation
• Faith leader provides input to ICC
4. Shape markets for vaccines and other immunisation products. • Highly influential faith leaders have
the ability to effect vaccine pricing to ensure fair and sustainable prices.
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What’s the message we need help spreading? Contributing to a better world
End all preventable child and maternal deaths
End extreme poverty
Reach and protect all children with all vaccines
Ensure a world free of vaccine-preventable diseases
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Thank you
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Towards the fully protected child WHO recommends 11 antigens for infants in all countries: - Bacillus Calmette Guerin
(BCG) - Diphtheria - Tetanus - Pertussis - Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib) - Hepatitis B - Measles - Pneumococcal - Polio - Rotavirus - Rubella
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