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The Essential Programme on Immunization aims to strengthen vaccine programmes, supply, and delivery, and ensure universal access to all relevant vaccines for all populations across the life course.
- Confidence and Demand
Increasing vaccination demand and uptake. Increasing and...
- Training
Training for immunization staff is one of the most important...
- Supply Chain
Successful immunization programmes are built on functional,...
- Implementation
Successful national immunization programmes depend on...
- Integration
The Essential Programme on Immunization aims to strengthen...
- BCG
BCG vaccination has been part of immunization programmes...
- Measles
In 2017, the Regional Committee endorsed the new Regional...
- Hepatitis B
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The condition can...
- Confidence and Demand
Measles vaccination is the single greatest contributor of lives saved by vaccination, preventing 93.7 million deaths out of total 154 million deaths prevented by vaccination globally. The vaccination has contributed for 40% of the decline in global infant mortality, 52% in the African region.
25 maj 2024 · Despite the inherent challenges in synthesising results and accompanying uncertainty from such a diverse set of mathematical models, this study provides a valuable and comprehensive assessment of the global impact of vaccination on mortality over 50 years.
14 sty 2018 · This document is intended to provide guidance to individuals and teams responsible for planning and implementing an EPI Review, with the following three main objectives.
22 kwi 2024 · The establishment of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) 50 years ago was a pivotal moment in the history of public health and has saved millions of lives globally every year. In 1974, only 5% of the world’s children had been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
18 maj 2024 · Now referred to as the Essential Programme on Immunization, 50 years on, every country has a national immunisation programme. The EPI recommends 13 vaccines for all countries including those against rubella, hepatitis B, and human papillomavirus to prevent cervical cancer.
A strategic plan for the national immunization programme, including situation analysis, objectives, strategies and activities, costing and financial analysis and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.