The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Essential Programmes on Immunization Managers in Central Africa: A Peer Learning Platform
Meeting participants put forward several recommendations for countries and immunization partners, including but not limited to (i) investing more in routine immunization data quality assurance to better use data to inform decisions, (ii) accelerating the implementation of the BCU initiative to close the immunity gap resulting from routine immunization disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, (iii) updating malaria vaccine introduction plans to invest more in demand generation and community engagement, and (iv) learning from Cameroon's experience in tackling hesitancy to human papilloma virus vaccine. It is critical to set up an appropriate mechanism for monitoring the implementation of these recommendations.
Authors
- Franck Mboussou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9062-5084)
- M. Morand
- Christian Akani
- Audry Mulumba
- Charles Shey Wiysonge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-4779)
- Bridget Farham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5463-0858)
- M. Carolina Danovaro‐Holliday (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-9198)
- Bénido Impouma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-7146)
- Yolande Vuo-Masembe
- Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula
- Celestin Traore
- L. Rey
- Marcelin Menguo Nimpa
- Thomas Noel Gaha
- Florence Conteh-Nordman
- Antoinette Demian Mbaïlamen
- Jean Claude Bizimana
Institutions
- University of N'Djamena (TD)
- Ministry of Public Health (CD)
- Gavi (CH)
- West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (SN)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Ministry of Public Health (CM)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccines
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13030301
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33