CDC Country Offices Support COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out
CDC Nigeria
- Built upon polio eradication relationships with MoH to identify technical areas where CDC SMEs could support vaccine roll-out and provide a leadership role in the response.
CDC Georgia
- Facilitated HQ SME support to increase demand and establish surveillance for C19 vaccine breakthrough cases.
CDC Caribbean Regional Office
- Participated in a series of forums to promote vaccine confidence.
- Assisted regional partnership to develop vaccine deployment plans.
CDC Thailand
- Identified and expanded existing flu research platforms to evaluate vaccine effectiveness for COVID-19.
CDC Central America Regional Office
- Identified key requirements for ancillary supplies to ensure USG vaccine donations are administered.
- Utilized CO’s communication capacity, to work with MoH and partners to strengthen communication plans to generate demand in rural settings and reaching out to community leaders.
CDC Uganda
- To date, Uganda has vaccinated > 2 million eligible people with ~5 million doses in the pipeline in the next 6 weeks.
- CDC-Uganda leveraged five regional partners to support COVID-19 vaccination of priority groups, strengthen vaccine data management and pharmacovigilance.
CDC Haiti
- Immunization SMEs developed plans to rapidly scale up vaccination activities, leveraging existing NGO partner relationships.
CDC Namibia
- Engaged with MoH to provide support, as well as linking with HQ SMEs, to develop a comprehensive plan to increase demand for vaccination.
- Joined several MoH working groups for vaccine roll-out planning and implementation.
CDC Zambia
- Piloting New Model in PEPFAR-supported clinics to expand COVID-19 vaccination.
- Utilized FETP program to rapidly establish a vaccine effectiveness study.