The purpose of this course is to provide essential technical and managerial information that immunization program personnel need to know in order to effectively plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate immunization programs on a large scale.
Objective
After completing this course, you will be able to do the following:
- Describe the basic concepts of immunity and immunization
- Identify vaccine-preventable diseases included in immunization programs and the vaccines used to protect against them
- Discuss global initiatives to immunize all children and progress to date
- Describe management and service delivery strategies for achieving and maintaining high and equitable immunization coverage
- Describe basic approaches and key indicators for monitoring and evaluating immunization programs
Credits
Thank you to Angela Weaver and Youssef Tawfik, USAID, who authored the first edition of this course in September 2008, and thank you to those who reviewed the latest version:
- Daniel Baker, USAID
- Endale Beyene, USAID
- Peggy D'Adamo, USAID
- Susan McKinney, USAID
- Elizabeth Noonan, USAID
- Ellyn Ogdon, USAID
Time
- 2 hours
Published/Updated
- Friday, October 28, 2016
Course Authors:
Lisa Oot, Maternal and Child Survival Program/JSI
Rebecca Fields, Maternal and Child Survival Program/JSI
Folake Olayinka, Maternal and Child Survival Program/JSI
Course Managers:
- Amy Lee, CCP
- Lisa Mwaikambo, CCP
- Folake Olayinka, folayinka@usaid.gov
- Rebecca Fields, rfields@jsi.com
- Lisa Oot, loot@jsi.com