Global Vaccination Initiative

Overview

To boost vaccination rates and improve global health equity, we’re working with in-country partners to gain knowledge, share insights, and create more demand for vaccines in communities with low vaccination rates.

Through community listening and local trusted messengers, we aim to address the factors driving lower vaccination rates to accelerate an equitable pandemic response and strengthen health systems.

Featured Content

Expanding Digital Platforms for Pandemic Preparedness
The Digital Results Improve Vaccine Equity and Demand (DRIVE Demand) project worked with ministries of health in six countries to strengthen immunization systems and improve equitable vaccine access, uptake, and reach through digital and data tools. The project’s approach leveraged digital and data tools to drive more effective and proactive vaccine interventions in these countries while simultaneously addressing barriers to vaccination such as access, trust, and information sharing.
The Mercury Project Research Framework
The Mercury Project, a consortium of 100+ social and behavioral scientists and practitioners, developed a science-based framework of health decision-making and behavior, including key intervention designs and outcomes to measure in research projects. Using this framework, teams are evaluating a portfolio of interventions that vary in settings, target populations, and risk/reward ratios, with the goal of identifying those interventions that most cost-effectively increase vaccination demand at scale.
VAN Retrospective Report: Peer Learning for Action on Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake
The Vaccination Action Network (VAN) is a locally-led, peer-to-peer learning initiative designed to improve health systems across sub-Saharan Africa while scaling demand for Covid-19 vaccines. With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, Amref Health Africa, Sabin Vaccine Institute, and Dalberg, VAN has supported decision makers in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to identify Covid-19 vaccine demand challenges and co-create action projects that address them.

Impact Stories

Saving Lives While Listening to Local Voices in the Amazon Basin
An integrated healthcare network underpinned with intercultural communication and centering the rights of Indigenous peoples is saving lives in the Amazon.
Bringing Vaccines to Millions in India’s Stigmatized Communities
“We didn’t want our program to be designed only by people who drive cars or sit behind computers. We wanted to speak to lived realities."
A Powerful Partnership Propels the Fight Against Climate-Fueled Disease
In India, ARTPARK is breaking new ground in uniting with policy implementers to create an early warning system that allows public health officials to respond proactively to dengue outbreaks—and that’s just the beginning.