Immunization Agenda 2030: WHO Scholar Level 1 certification (Cohort 2)

We are pleased to announce the second cohort of the World Health Organization’s Scholar Level 1 certification about Immunization Agenda 2030.

View course information & request application
https://www.learning.foundation/who-immunization-agenda-2030

This interactive online course is targeted at EPI staff working in MoH at national and sub-national levels, WHO EPI staff in country offices, and partner agency staff.

The course is most suitable for those directly supporting national immunization planning. The following groups are encouraged to apply:
- national EPI management staff, WHO/UNICEF country and regional staff, in-country partner organization staff
- female immunization staff
- sub-national staff directly involved in immunization planning

INVITATION: COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

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

On behalf of the Foundation and Bridges to Development, I am pleased to invite you to the Special Event: Tackling Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS).

You are invited to listen, learn, and share with colleagues from endemic countries who are taking action to prevent, diagnose, and treat FGS

LEARN MORE & REQUEST INVITATION
https://www.learning.foundation/fgs

ANNOUNCEMENT: FIRST IMPACT ACCELERATOR FOR IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030

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.

If you are a Scholar Alum, you have received an invitation by e-mail to join the Impact Accelerator.

Why join the IA2030 Accelerator?
We challenge Scholar Alumni to take action now and to help others understand – and take action for –IA2030.

Some Scholars are also Founders of the COVID-19 Peer Hub and Members of the Teach to Reach Global Council of Learning Leaders for Immunization.

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.

How does the IA2030 Accelerator work?
The Accelerator is not a course. It is not time-consuming. It is about helping you do your work better.

Past participants have been eight times more successful at implementing their action plans than Alumni who did not participate.

We meet once a week in a global Assembly to share successes, lessons learned, and challenges. You will also be able to meet with other Scholars from your own country to support each other do better, together.

Who should join the IA2030 Accelerator?
The Accelerator is only for the most committed Scholars who will not cease until they have achieved impact and are ready to sign the Scholar's Pledge for Impact.

Will you be, once again, amongst the immunization leaders who rise to the challenge?

Learn more about Immunization Agenda 2030
https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-challenges

WATCH IT AGAIN: Our first Global Event for the Impact Accelerator, held on 20 February 2020, was an important moment for immunization Scholars all over the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ4RTg-Ox00

Tackling Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) in Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria

FGS affects an estimated 56 million women and girls.

We are pleased to share three powerful moments from our FGS Special Event
https://www.learning.foundation/fgs

Use the links below to check viewing times & confirm your participation.

Ogechukwu Aribodor: Research and action to tackle FGS in South-eastern Nigeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQL02Cut78o

Ghana: How Sedonia Abapori Adabugah is tackling missed diagnosis of Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht9_21mMy6k

Cameroon: What do you do when women and girls have never heard of FGS yet it is endemic in the area? With Dr Judith Anchang-Kimbi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7CFs21DVY0

We thank Ogechukwu, Sedonia, and Judith for their contributions.

To ensure you do not miss these moments, click on each link and then:

1) Click on “Set reminder”. (You will need to be logged into YouTube for this to work.)

2) Subscribe to the Geneva Learning Foundation’s YouTube channel.

3) Click on the bell to turn on notifications for the channel.

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What are we learning about vaccine equity and innovation from people who deliver vaccines?
Insights from Teach to Reach: Connect 3

Listen to our Insights summary (13 minutes, audio-only, low bandwidth)… Subscribe to our podcast…

Watch our Insights summary (13 minutes, video)… Learn more about the Foundation’s Insights Unit…

Here is how one participant summed up the value of what she learned:
“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.”

Register now to participate in the next Teach to Reach: Connect…

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: IMMUNIZATION AGENDA 2030

The fourth edition of Teach to Reach: Connect will focus on Primary Health Care (PHC), the first Strategic Priority (SP1) of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).

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With Primary Health Care (PHC), we are talking about saving the lives of small children and mothers.

Highlights this Friday
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We are pleased to announce the highlights of this edition:
1. 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…

2. 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…

3. 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…

Primary Health Care (PHC): Share your experience and learn with colleagues from all over the world

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…

A warm welcome to Tina and all other newcomers to Teach to Reach. We look forward to meeting you on Friday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQtygKru6_U

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6,163 immunization professionals registered for Teach to Reach: Connect 4

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the plenary session recordings
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLti7k0eaN3gRvR2jqx9P2cgcEYZqaORLK

Limited connectivity? Subscribe to our podcast to get the recordings in an audio-only format
https://www.learning.foundation/podcast

Follow Teach to Reach: Connect 4 on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/digitalscholarx/

Request your invitation for Teach to Reach: Connect 5 (4 March 2022)
https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Third English-language cohort of the World Health Organization’s Scholar Level 1 certification about Immunization Agenda 2030.

Before you decide to apply, please review the course information and ensure that you meet the requirements below.

Request your application here
https://www.learning.foundation/who-immunization-agenda-2030

Closing deadline: 6 February 2022

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Testimonial about this course from a Deputy Director of EPI:
“Leading the development of the National Immunization Strategy (NIS), I found the course to be invaluable in helping me adapt IA2030 to our country context. I learned from WHO experts but also from peers in other countries and local levels of the health system. Furthermore, our national EPI manager mandated that all senior directors in the national team take this course, and in the national NIS workshop, the difference between those who had taken the course and everyone else was night and day.”

56 million women and girls are affected by FGS

Following World NTD Day, join our Special Event: Tackling Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), already attended by 4,825 people.

Request your invitation now
https://www.learning.foundation/fgs #BeatNTDs #FGSchisto #WorldNTDDay #EndTheNeglect

WOMEN WHO DELIVER VACCINES:
INVITATION TO A SPECIAL EVENT 4 MARCH 2022

A special event organized by women who deliver vaccines in support of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and International Women’s Day (IWD)

Request your invitation now:
https://www.learning.foundation/iwd

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.

We work in health facilities, districts, regions, and in the national team.
We are nurses, doctors, community health workers.
Some of us are senior decision makers. Others do the daily work of vaccination 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 who deliver vaccines.

Why share our experience across borders?
“Together we will learn from and support each other. It is through sharing that we can make things better in our home countries.”

Watch the 2021 Special Event organized by women who deliver vaccines for International Women’s Day
https://youtu.be/LcSBxv6bY4Y?t=267

Poor connectivity? Click here to listen to the 2021 Special Event audio podcast… (You will need a free Google account.)

Meet the Organizing Committee for this Special Event: To prepare this Special Event, this 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. Learn more…

Join us for a Lightning Chat with Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of Immunization at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Click here to view time & confirm your participation…

You will also be able to view this livestream on LinkedIn and YouTube

Poor connectivity? Listen to the podcast of this Lightning Chat. (Google account required.)

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?

We will also update our community about the launch of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.

Learn more about the Geneva Learning Foundation’s Insights
https://www.learning.foundation/insights

United we stand: 3 amazing opportunities for immunization and Primary Health Care (PHC) staff everywhere

Watch this information briefing to discover three new opportunities for immunization and other Primary Health Care staff.

Click here to view the briefing on Facebook…

You can also view on YouTube and LinkedIn.

Poor connectivity? Listen to our low-bandwidth podcast…

1. 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 more and join the Movement:
https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030

2. 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

3. 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