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Insights Live #7: Early learning from Teach to Reach 8 on cholera, cervical cancer, humanitarian crises

Join this new edition of Insights Live to discuss the experiences shared at Teach to Reach 8, the world’s largest networking event for health professionals held on June 16, 2023 with 16,835 participating.

See the experiences shared ahead of Teach to Reach 8

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8074794

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See all Teach to Reach lessons

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Topics explored at Teach to Reach 8 include:

* Why do you work in healthcare? (479 contributions)

* Vaccination in a humanitarian context (271 contributions)

* Experiences with HPV vaccination (210 contributions)

* Use of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) during cholera outbreaks (108 contributions)

* The future of healthcare work (84 contributions)

* How has your work been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (42 contributions)

* How experience sharing can help you in your day-to-day work (40 contributions)

* What will help you build and maintain trust with the people you serve? (36 contributions)

* How have digital technologies been integrated into your daily work? (35 contributions)

Teach to Reach 8 aims to contribute to the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) and to the Manifesto for Global Health.

Read and respond to the first open-source Manifesto for global health

https://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4

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Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (#IA2030): Leaders share their journey from ideas to impact at Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023

Let’s go back in time to the 7th of March 2022.

And many of you in the room, attending In Teach To Reach 8 today, in our Zoom studio, know that was the date when you joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).

Now, this was a four-month learning cycle in which you worked intensively together to do a number of things, starting by sharing ideas and practices and figuring out what the ideas and practices of others meant to you.

Moving on to situation analysis, diagnosing the root cause of an immunization challenge that you face where you work, in your facility, in your district, in your region, in your country, if you work at the national level.

Moving on to then mapping out corrective actions.

This was in May 2022.

Over a thousand members of the Movement for IA 2030 developed action plans.

These action plans were finalized on the 17th of June, 2022 at Teach to Reach 6.

Here we are now, over a year later.

And we’re going to hear in this next segment, what have leaders of the Movement achieved? How has it turned out? Has it actually made a difference? These are the kinds of questions that we want to explore now.

Before we do, we’re pleased to share the first three IA 2030 Movement implementation case studies. You’re going to see three faces of leaders that you may or may not know, starting with Wasnam Faye from Senegal, Last night, a midwife in Senegal was sent off, shipped off, to run a health post in rural Senegal with little experience of immunization and country backup.

And she says it was a colleague, a fellow scholar, a fellow leader of the Movement for IA2030, who showed her how to keep an immunization registry, who showed her the basics of running her facility.

With the support of that scholar and other leaders, she’s been able to take the Penta 3 coverage from 8% when she arrived to more than 80%.

Think about it.

And she says that many of the ideas that she used came from the Movement and from Teach to Reach.

For example, she introduced vaccine angels as community liaison points, so peer educators, caregivers, who function as peer educators.

And that idea she first heard at Teach to Reach.

The second case study of IA2030 implementation is that of Frank Monga, District Medical Officer in Lumumbashi.

Now he’s been participating in the TGLF network. He introduced a token scheme to catch up on zero-dose children in the DRC. He was selected in July 2019 to lead the national network in the country and this network has grown to the point where the Ministry of Health, the national planners attend the meetings led by Frank and his peers because it is an incredibly useful way to get information from all over the country.

Think about it.

These are achievements of leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.

Our Movement is global.

And so the third case study is Maréa Fernanda Monzón, who runs a primary health care center in Corrientes, Argentina.

And she’s focused on enhancing coverage in a nearby slum area where the population is not motivated to seek immunization services.

These three case studies are available now.

We share the links with all Teach for Each participants.

Go, you may be inspired, you may find useful ideas and practices that you can use in your implementation.

We’re now going to turn to some of the implementers, some of the leaders of IA 2030 who have been working for more than a year now on their implementing their action plans.

We’ve recently asked them to share an acceleration report, what we call Acceleration to Impact, in which we asked them to update us on how their implementation is going.

And for those of you who are new to the Movement, who have not joined yet this Movement for immunization agenda 2030, the world’s strategy adopted unanimously at the World Health Assembly in 2020.

Well, you’re going to receive the invitation as a Teach to Reach participant to join this Movement and also develop your own IA 2030 action plan, begin thinking through that process from learning to action to results ultimately to impact.

Frontline health professionals discuss the open-source Manifesto for global health at Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023

On June 7th, 2023, The Double Loop published version 1.0 of An open-source manifesto for global health and called for Leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) to contribute their insights to develop a community-owned version 2.0. The response has been overwhelming.

In this plenary session, hear insights from frontline health professionals who discussed this Manifesto at Teach to Reach 8, the global networking event connecting over 16,000 immunization and other primary health care staff from more than 80 countries.

Read the Manifesto…

https://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4

Learn more: Why an open-source manifesto for global health?

https://redasadki.me/2023/06/09/why-an-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health/

Today, we share an open-source Manifesto for how health services could develop in ways that we think would make them more effective, recognizing health workers and communities – and the expertise and experience they hold because they are “there every day” – at the centre of public health systems.

No vision or strategy can or should be developed as a pronouncement by a single organization of how things should be.

This Manifesto is an open-source draft because, in today’s complex world, we tackle challenges that no one country or organization can possibly overcome alone.

For such a manifesto to be meaningful requires the participation, and contribution of those on the frontlines of global health, in dialogue with global, regional, and country leaders.

This is why we are inviting you – along with more than 10,000 members of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030 – to bring to life and shape this Manifesto.

In this session, AFENET will introduce the Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) and the Nigeria Country Learning Hub to Teach to Reach participants.

Teach to Reach 8 on 16 June 2023

Opening Ceremony: Women Who Deliver Vaccines

Teach to Reach 8 was opened by the Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective, who shared their experience of HPV vaccine introduction to help prevent 340,000 deaths from cervical cancer.

Listen to the voices of Women Who Deliver Vaccines explain why HPV vaccine matters

Learn more about Women Who Deliver Vaccines

https://www.learning.foundation/iwd

16,835 health professionals from the frontlines of immunization and primary health care (PHC) are using the power of peer learning to tackle their local challenges through the Teach to Reach global learning-to-action network.

The live event was held on Friday 16 June 2023, focused on one-to-one networking between participants.

Friday’s live event was powerful. However, this live learning moment was just one step of Teach to Reach.

Opening Ceremony: Women Who Deliver Vaccines

The Women Who Deliver Vaccines collective will open Teach to Reach 8, sharing their experience of HPV vaccination.

Learn more about Women Who Deliver Vaccines

https://www.learning.foundation/iwd

The Open Source Manifesto for Global Health will be launched in the Plenary session, before Teach to Reach participants start networking.

Read the Manifesto

https://learningsi.notion.site/009-1-An-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health-version-1-0-f4f54a726e324659a416de63b5ae7511?pvs=4

The global immunization community is now focused on “the big catch-up”, dealing with recovery of immunization services from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, as countries – and immunization staff on the frontlines – work toward the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).

Today, we share an open-source Manifesto for how health services could develop in ways that we think would make them more effective, recognizing health workers and communities – and the expertise and experience they hold because they are “there every day” – at the centre of public health systems.

Learn more about the Manifesto

https://redasadki.me/2023/06/09/why-an-open-source-manifesto-for-global-health/

Teach to Reach participants will share experiences around the Manifesto: How has your work been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? How has sharing experience with colleagues who are facing challenges like yours helped you in your daily work? What will health system transformation look like where you work? How has the digital revolution affected your work?

Then, Leaders of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) will share their success stories, one year after the launch of the Movement, as well as lessons learned and remaining challenges.

Then, we will discuss the following themes: Why do we work for health? What is the future of health? What is your greatest challenge to successful vaccination?

We'll also listen to experiences around specific questions: What have you done to make HPV vaccination a success? What's the most difficult thing about vaccination in a humanitarian context? Have you used oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in response to a cholera outbreak?

Warm-up for Teach to Reach: Connect 8 and Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?

Before the Opening Ceremony, join us to learn about Teach to Reach (if it's your first time) and to meet up with the first attendees to arrive to interact in the plenary room. We'll answer any questions you have about the event and help you get the most out of the various sessions.

Tutorial: how does Teach to Reach work?

Is this your first time at Teach to Reach? Join us for a hands-on, step-by-step tutorial that will help you understand how to identify the sessions you’re interested in, how to navigate the event’s platform, and - most importantly - how to network with colleagues from around the world.

As a reminder, here is the information you will need to access Teach to Reach on Friday:

1. Register now for Teach to Reach networking and sessions: https://registration.hopin.com/widgets/registration/teachtoreach

2. Upon successful registration, you will receive an email containing the “magic link” you will use to access Hopin, the platform where Teach to Reach will take place.

3. Review the Participant’s guide to choose the sessions you will attend.

https://learningsi.notion.site/Participant-s-Guide-for-Teach-to-Reach-Connect-8-bcd6bea5bb5b481fbb2f2d8b17baf5b7?pvs=4

If you are unable to join Hopin, you can participate in our Zoom studio using this link.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L4X0qjbOQLGlCiRIJKhCNg

Watch the first Gavi Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) inter-country peer learning exchange, known as “ZDLH-X”.

This event is one step in an ongoing peer learning initiative to mobilize the power of peer, networked learning:

- Connect zero-dose practitioners to learn from each other

- Invite global, regional, and country partners to listen, learn, and countribite

Zero-dose practitioners from two countries, Bangladesh and Mali, are featured in this inaugural session recorded on 31 May 2023.

1,964 immunization staff registered from 84 countries to share experience of zero-dose. 89% of them work directly on zero-dose. 61% are sub-national staff.

Case studies discussed include:

1. Case Study: Md Sorwer Alam (Male, District level, Bangladesh). Finding zero-dose and missed communities in Chattogram City Corporation

2. Case Study: Dr Fantamady Camara (Male, Region, UNICEF Mali). Finding zero-dose and missed communities. Community engagement in urban areas.

3. Case Study: Fousseyni Dembele (Male, Health facility, Mali). Finding zero-dose and missed communities in areas of insecurity. Community engagement in rural remote areas.

What do we mean by “zero-dose”?

Zero-dose, un-vaccinated/un-immunized, left-outs

- General definition: communities, clusters, populations, or children who are persistently missed by immunization services

- Gavi definition: children who don’t receive a single dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis-containing vaccine

But…problems related to zero-dose are connected to problems of the

under-vaccinated/under-immunized, the drop-outs, and the partially vaccinated…and the communities where they live.

- In some places, there are more under-immunized than zero-dose children.

- So, for today’s discussion, we are talking about ALL OF THE ABOVE.

How to share your zero-dose experience?

1. What is the zero-dose situation where you work? How do you know?

2. What are you doing about it, why, and how?

3. How is it different from what you did before?

4. How has it turned out so far?

5. How do you know what you are doing is successful?

Zero-dose practitioners reflected on two cross-cutting challenges.

Challenge 1

What: Estimating the number of ZD and finding clusters of ZD and communities missed by immunization services

Why: Understanding where and who are the persistently missed and under-immunized children/pregnant women & underserved communities, to adjust strategies to reach them.

How: Tell us about your experiences with how you find and follow-up on ZD/missed communities, as well as why you know your approach is working; please be specific and provide step-by-step details without acronyms

Challenge 2

What: Consistently engaging with communities

Why: Understanding difficulties in reaching and fully vaccinating all children in urban poor as well as rural remote areas because of health services that are reaching people are not meeting people’s needs, migration/movement of people, mistrust, beliefs, and more.

How: Tell us about your experiences with how you have engaged with communities and what has been the result in both urban and rural contexts; please be as specific as possible and provide step-by-step details without acronyms.

Acknowledgements

Bangladesh

- Dr. S M Abdullah Al Murad, Program Manager-EPI and Member Secretary

- Dr. Monjurul Islam Fuad, Deputy Program Manager, Field Service

Mali

- Dr Kalifa Keita, Directeur Général Adjoint de la Santé

- Dr Fanta NIARE, Directeur du Centre d’apprentissage pour l’équité vaccinale (CAPEV) du Mali

- Dr Ibrahima Diarra, Directeur du Centre national d’Immunisation (CNI) du Mali

Gavi Country Learning Hub partners

- Bangladesh: RedOrange, ICDDR,b, JHPIEGO

- Mali: GaneshAID, CAPEV

- Nigeria: AFENET

- Uganda: IDRC, PATH, Makerere University School of Public Health

The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) wishes to thank Gavi and JSI for their leadership of the Gavi Zero Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH).

Join over 8,000 frontline immunization staff from all over the world on Monday to celebrate World Immunization Week 2023

Request your personal invitation https://www.learning.foundation/world-immunization-week

This Special Event is held under the banner of the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), the world’s strategy to achieve a world where everyone, everywhere fully benefits from vaccines for good health and well-being.

During World Immunization Week, Movement Leaders took photos and shared stories of their daily work to ensure every child, every family, is protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.

At the Special Event, hosted by the Geneva Learning Foundation, we will hear first-hand stories from the frontlines of vaccination and present the Second International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030.

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Get the IA2030 Listening and learning report 2. It takes people to make #VaccinesWork, featuring the photography of immunization staff from all over the world https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7010196

Watch the World Immunization Week 2022 Special Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UTHUhJhE_Q&t=110s

Did you miss it? Watch the 1st International Photography Exhibition for Immunization Agenda 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM36F0A-kfw

More than 6,000 immunization and primary health care professionals from 110 countries have already joined the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).

Each Monday, we meet to share experience in the Full Learning Cycle for IA2030 offered by the Geneva Learning Foundation.

In 2020, global immunization coverage levels for infants dropped back to 2009 levels. We lost 11 years of hard work.

This is why we are calling you to join the Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030.

https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030

Share experience with over 40,000 fellow immunization professionals from 110 countries

The Geneva Learning Foundation and its partners invite you to join the global movement to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030. The first exercise kicks off on 7 March 2022.

Apply now to join the Movement for IA2030…

https://www.learning.foundation/immunization-agenda-2030

The Movement for Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) is a global initiative owned by everyone, with a common purpose: to achieve the goals of IA2030. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s immunization platform seeks to contribute to the emergence of this Movement