This is a collaborative effort by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The publication addresses the significant decline in immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent immunity gap that has emerged since 2020. This gap poses a significant threat, as millions of children have missed out on vital vaccinations, leading to visible impacts such as increased outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Essential Immunization Recovery Plan aims to rectify this by outlining a strategy centered around three core objectives: Catch-Up, Restore, and Strengthen. The Catch-Up objective focuses on reaching children who missed vaccinations between 2019 and 2022. The Restore objective aims to bring vaccination coverage rates for the 2023 birth cohort back to at least 2019 levels. Lastly, the Strengthen objective emphasizes the enhancement of immunization systems within primary health care frameworks. The document underscores the urgency of the situation, emphasizing equity, simplicity, efficiency, sustainability, partnership, community-centric approaches, and the importance of national ownership in the recovery process. The plan also highlights the need for global and regional support, political leadership engagement, and tailored country-specific responses.
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