Recent Updates

On 13 October 2023, meet, network, and learn at Teach to Reach with over 17,000 health leaders registered from over 80 countries to answer questions that include:

• What progress are we making in districts and facilities to achieve the goals of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030)? 🎯 #IA2030
• What works when responding to measles outbreaks? 🦠 #Measles
• How do we successfully work with communities to introduce HPV vaccine to protect women and girls from cervical cancer? #HPVVaccine
• How do we identify and reach zero-dose children in urban and peri-urban areas (with UNICEF)? 🏙 #ZeroDose

This edition of Teach to Reach is not just about vaccination. Find out how health professionals are:

• facing the health effects of climate change in local communities #ClimateHealthImpact
• taking action against Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), a neglected tropical disease that affects around 56 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.

What is the value of Teach to Reach?

For health professionals, Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity to:
1. Share experience with colleagues from all over the world
2. Get help with your toughest challenge
3. Get fresh ideas to help you succeed

Since January 2021, successive editions of Teach to Reach have connected 64,705 participants in one-to-one networking sessions and group sessions to share experience.

What they are saying about Teach to Reach

Dr Kate O’Brien, Director of Immunization, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Learning happens best when people seek answers to their specific daily challenges. Teach to Reach is proof that immunization professionals are hungry to learn, and hungry to share.”

Maneya Mwansakilwa, Midwife (MOH), Kanyama, Zambia :
“Through Teach to Reach, I learned that HPV vaccination cannot be achieved if health care workers work in isolation without involving other stakeholders.”

Lora Shimp, Director, Immunization Center, JSI:
“I’m joining Teach to Reach 9 because it is so critical to learn with immunization service providers on their ‘real‑world’ experiences in reaching populations with vaccination.”

Nabweggamo Habibah, Community health worker (MOH), Mukono district, Nama subcounty, Uganda:
Teach to Reach has helped me learn to monitor and advocate for timely delivery of vaccines for children in my community.”

Boost and WHO are pleased to open applications for a second Fellowship cohort on Thursday, July 27.


To mark this momentous occasion, we invite you to a special live engagement featuring Sabin and WHO leadership as well as Fellowship alumni, who will share why we are once again offering the Fellowship and what to expect from the program.

We are pleased to invite you the first peer learning session organized by Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH):

1st ZDLH-X inter-country peer learning exchange
31 May 2023 at 4:30 PM Dakka / 11 AM Bamako / 1 PM Geneva
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86532310446
Simultaneous interpretation will be offered in French and English.
Add to your calendar: https://evt.to/ahmodaedw

This first ‘ZDLH-X’ is being organized by Gavi’s global learning partners, specifically, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) as part of the consortium led by John Snow, Inc. (JSI).

You will find attached the formal invitation in English and in French from ZDLH project director Erin Broekhuysen, alongside the formal communication from Mali’s national EPI team sent to all regional health directors. Although this event will focus on Bangladesh and Mali, participants from all countries are welcome, together with global partners interested in learning about zero-dose work at the local levels.

We would appreciate your support in sharing this invitation with relevant colleagues in your organization. View the event announcement on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. If you share the event announcement, please follow this link to let us know who you are reaching.

You will find attached an invitation toolkit with key messages, links, and images that your social media team can use in dissemination efforts.

The ZDLH is a new Gavi-funded effort designed to improve how data and evidence are used to successfully identify and reach zero-dose children and the missed communities in which they live. It is composed of one global learning hub and four Country Learning Hubs in Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria and Uganda.

The first ZDLH-X session will connect health professionals from Bangladesh and Mali, from both government and civil society organizations (CSOs). Attendees will be asked to share successes, lessons learned, and challenges in their zero-dose work.

Learn more about this initiative by reviewing a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). You may also contact Charlotte Mbuh at [email protected] for further information.

About the Gavi ZDLH https://zdlh.gavi.org
The Gavi ZDLH serves as the global learning partner for this zero-dose initiative and is led by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) with two consortium partners, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR). Together, the consortium will enable sharing and learning across four Country Learning Hubs (CLHs) in Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda to advance the uptake of evidence by synthesizing and disseminating key learnings. The ZDLH will also focus on improving immunisation equity and reducing the number of zero-dose ZD and under-immunized children globally by facilitating high-quality evidence generation and uptake.