COVID-19 vaccination in humanitarian settings
Action plan from a joint convening and contributions to broader pandemic preparedness
Overview
This report and action plan summarize the
proceedings and outcome of a 2-day
Joint convening on COVID-19 vaccination
in humanitarian settings and the contribution
to broader pandemic preparedness held on
14–15 February 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The goal of the joint convening was to address
the challenges encountered in implementing
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination
for populations of concern (PoCs) and to prepare
for future pandemics.
The convening was organized by the COVID-19
Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP) and key
partners from the Africa Centres for Disease Control
and Prevention, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global
Health Cluster (GHC), International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC), International Council of Voluntary
Agencies (ICVA), International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),
INTERSOS, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),
bilateral partners, and UN agencies.
It connected health and humanitarian agencies and
other actors, and stakeholders discussed lessons
learnt as well as concrete steps to enable equitable
responses during pandemics in which those affected
by humanitarian emergencies and in need of
humanitarian assistance have access to public health
and medical countermeasures (MCMs), such as
vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics that can be
used to diagnose, prevent or treat diseases in
pandemic
