Ephrem T. Lemango: Building capacity for vaccine manufacturing in Africa is a key necessity in pandemic response and recovery

@PeterASinger @chizobawonodi: Vaccines are increasingly relevant for different groups of the population, children and adults alike. This is a central principle of #IA2030

@PeterASinger: Developing domestic manufacturing capabilities and technology transfer are critical for countries to become self-reliant in the production of vaccines

@PeterASinger: COVAX is the best mechanism to close the vaccine equity gap

@PeterASinger: Vaccine equity is the defining challenge of 2021

@PeterASinger: "There are three lessons from COVID: equity, equity and equity"

Ephrem T. Lemango from @WHOAFRO: A new emerging concern is that primary health care/immunisation systems will be stretched given the need to vaccinate various groups of the population (children and adults alike)

Ephrem T. Lemango from @WHOAFRO: In the first six months of the pandemic, 1M children missed their first dose of DTP3 a very basic vaccine

Ephrem T. Lemango from @WHOAFRO: zero dose children live in missed communities that have no access to essential services

Ephrem T. Lemango from @WHOAFRO highlights the importance of identifying and reaching zero dose children - only a few countries account for high percentages of these populations

@maki_mignon working with partners who are trusted by the communities is essential to roll out any vaccination programmes

Agus Samsudin: Funding for immunisation continues to be a priority. IIt's also important to have clear guidance on who should receive vaccines first in the context of C19 vaccines

@mirafesol: Improving financing for immunisation including efficient primary health care disbursements as well as integration of essential interventions should be at the center of #IA230 implementation

@maki_mignon: Psychosocial support has also been a priority for @IFRC_MENA as much as the vaccination programmes themselves

@maki_mignon: partnerships with the technical health agencies has been key for @IFRC_MENA to deliver its work on immunisation in the region

@maki_mignon: focusing on people with disabilities is important to make sure that everyone is vaccinated

@maki_mignon: Integrating COVID-19 vaccination programmes with routine immunisation has been a constant concern for @IFRC_MENA

Agus Samsudin: convincing the population to get vaccinated is a big challenge that @muhammadiyah faces in Indonesia

Agus Samsudin: @muhammadiyah supports government in increasing uptake of vaccines in Indonesia by using its facility schools as vaccination centers

@mirafesol: @Save_ChildrenET reaches low coverage communities with quality immunisation services by engaging with influential local leaders and providing infrastructure support