Additional Resources
An evaluation of infant immunization in Africa: is a transformation in progress?This paper, in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, assesses the progress towards meeting the goals of the African Regional strategic Plan of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation between 2001 and 2005. The review was based on national data from 46 |
Immunization Essentials: A Practical Field GuideThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of essential information related to immunization, including technical information about vaccines, a review of immunization program management best practices, guidance on the delivery of immunization services, monitor |
Why children are not vaccinated: a review of the grey literatureThis article summarizes the findings of numerous local studies of factors hindering higher coverage. The article analyzes insights from 130 grey literature documents and roughly prioritizes factors associated with non- or under-immunization. |
Working with Communities to Strengthen ImmunizationCommunity involvement is critical to the success of immunization. This issue of SnapShots describes some practical ways to build alliances between communities and health services to improve immunization coverage. |
Immunization Essentials eLearning courseIn this course, discover basic concepts of immunity, vaccination, vaccine-preventable diseases, and the global effort to immunize all children. |
Immunization in Practice: A practical guide for health staffThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of immunization information, including the vaccine cold chain, ensuring safe injections, microplanning for reaching communities, managing immunization sessions, monitoring and surveillance, partnering with communitie |
Immunization Action Coalition websiteSupported by the CDC, the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for healthcare professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective |
Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines Survey ToolThis tool, developed by a team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is a widely used and validated measure of vaccine hesitancy. |
Immunization Manual for Health WorkersThe Unit of Vaccines and Immunization Services (UVIS) of the Kenya Ministry of Health developed this manual for training the country's health workers on topics related to the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). The manual covers basic components of EPI. |
How do vaccines work? - Kelwalin DhanasarnsombutAs part of the TED-Ed series, this animated video presents a concise explanation of how vaccines work, the differences between types of vaccines, and how vaccines have been developed and are continuing to be developed. |