Mérieux Foundation co-organized event

Introducing PCV and rotavirus vaccine in Chad, Guinea, Somalia, and South Sudan – Workshop to accelerate introduction of lifesaving vaccines for children

September 13-15, 2023 - N’Djamena (Chad)

Summary

Introducing PCV partners

The governments of Chad, Guinea, Somalia, and South Sudan are committed to introduce two life-saving vaccines for children: the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and Rotavirus vaccine.

When introduced and scaled-up, these vaccines will have the potential to save lives of approximately 60,000 children under 5 years of age and avert around 2.4 million cases of severe pneumonia, meningitis, and diarrhea across the four countries cumulatively from2024 to 2030*, significantly advancing each country’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal for child survival.

To ensure the four governments receive necessary support towards introducing PCV and Rotavirus vaccine, the Mérieux Foundation, Every Breath Counts, Save the Children, the Malaria Consortium, and theInternational Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), are bringing together national, regional, and international stakeholders to address challenges and explore solutions to introduction and scale-up.

During this workshop, the four health ministries shared their plans for PCV and Rotavirus vaccine introduction, addressing issues of financing, vaccine procurement and delivery infrastructure, public messaging, healthcare workforce capacity, safetymonitoring, and caregiver behaviors.

Regional and international health and opment agencies discussed the latest epidemiologicalevidence, lives saved analysis, financing options, Gavi application support, and best practices taking into account the unique challenges of fragile and conflictaffected countries for the successful introduction and sustained high coverage of PCV and Rotavirus vaccine.

*This estimate does not include the lives saved from catch-up campaigns for children 1-4 years.

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Country commitments

  • Chad Ministry of Health (English version)
  • Chad Ministry of Health (French version)
  • Guinea Ministry of Health (English version)
  • Guinea Ministry of Health (French version)
  • Somalia Ministry of Health (English version)
  • Somalia Ministry of Health (French version)
  • South Sudan Ministry of Health (English version)
  • South Sudan Ministry of Health (French version)

Program

Day 1 Day 1 - Wednesday, 13 September

Day 2 Day 2 - Thursday, 14 September

Day 3 Day 3 - Friday, 15 September

Official Welcome

  • Dr Valentina Picot, Head, Acute Respiratory Infections Research and Public Health Initiatives, Mérieux Foundation

  • Assure Djérané Ndorangar, Country Director, Malaria Consortium, Chad

  • Dr Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo, WHO Representative for Chad

Presentations: The current state of PCV and rotavirus vaccine introductions

Spotlight: Roundup of PCV and rotavirus vaccine evidence from Africa

  • Dr Lassané Kaboré, Senior Program Officer, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, PATH

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  • Dr Jason Mwenda, Regional Coordinator, Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveilance, African Region, WHO

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Session: Role of National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs)

Presentations: NITAG engagement on PCV and rotavirus vaccine introduction

Session: PCV and rotavirus vaccine introduction options

Moderator: Dr André Tonda, Immunization Technical Advisor, JSI, Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Laura Nic Lochlainn, Technical Officer, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO

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  • Ms Laura Nic Lochlainn, Technical Officer, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO (French version)

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  • Dr Abu Obeida Eltayeb, Health Manager Immunization, UNICEF Somalia

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  • Veronica Denti, Senior Programme Manager, Vaccine Programmes, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

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  • Molly Sauer, Research Associate, Choice Optimization in Immunization: Country Exercises for Sustainability (CHOICES), Johns Hopkins University

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Spotlight: Lessons from dual PCV-rotavirus vaccine introductions (e.g., Ghana, Niger, Tanzania) and integrated PCV campaigns (e.g., Timor-Leste)

Moderator: Dr Ayesha Kadir, Senior Humanitarian Health Advisor, Save the Children International

  • Spotlight: estimating children’s lives saved from PCV and rotavirus vaccine introduction

    Dr Anita Shet, Director, Child Health, International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Session: Childhood vaccine co-financing options: the role of development banks

Moderator: Dr Thierry Vincent, Senior Country Manager, Chad and Mali, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Finale: Statements of Action (recorded)

  • Chad Ministry of Health

  • Guinea Ministry of Health

  • Somalia Ministry of Health

  • South Sudan Ministry of Health

  • The historic opportunity: protecting all African children with the PCV and rotavirus vaccines

    Dr Papa Coumba Faye, Senior Program Officer, Routine Immunization Strengthening in High Risk Geographies, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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