There remains an urgent need to accelerate the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in low-income countries. Only 50 countries have met the WHO target of achieving 70% vaccination coverage against COVID-19, and most are high-income countries. As for low-income countries, they have vaccinated just over 10% of their population. Efforts to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine uptake while continuing to promote routine immunization and primary health care require continued political leadership and priority implementation of demand-side interventions, risk communication and community mobilization.
This virtual event will bring together policy makers; practitioners specializing in demand generation, risk communication and community mobilization; researchers and stakeholders to highlight examples of proven policies, demand for vaccines, and risk communication and community engagement interventions.
The event will take place over two days, June 22 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. (New York DST) and June 23 from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (New York DST).
Also join us on June 17 for a pre-launch event hosted with the platform Teach to Reach, in partnership with the Learning Foundation in Geneva. Link to register in French (register) or in English (register).
A high-level panel of ministers and heads of global and regional bodies will kick off the event, building on current global commitments to increase vaccine confidence and demand. Then, four technical sessions will be organized and these will focus on the following points:
- Effective behavioral interventions to increase demand for vaccines: translating evidence into action
- Interventions on the quality of services implemented as close as possible to the populations
- Effective strategies to counter rumors and misinformation, information gaps and confusing health guidance
- Strategies for mobilizing the population to build confidence in immunization (focusing on different groups: health workers, older people, women, young people, people with comorbidities
Please click here to register for this virtual event (in English)
The event will be held in English and simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Arabic and French.