COVID-19 Peer Hub
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“We are the ones who are there every day”: How a global network of health workers is closing the last-mile gap
On March 11, 2026, six years after the world shut down for a pandemic, a private event will reconvene Alumni of the COVID-19 Peer Hub. This initiative, led by more than 6,000 immunization staff, was one of the first ground-up responses to recover from the early impacts of the pandemic on vaccination services worldwide. Froma…
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Digital challenge-based learning in the COVID-19 Peer Hub
A digital human knowledge and action network of health workers: Challenging established notions of learning in global health When Prof Rupert Wegerif introduced DEFI in his blog post, he argued that recent technologies will transform the notions and practice of education. The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) is demonstrating this concept in the field of global health, specifically immunization,…
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Two false dichotomies: quality vs. quantity and peer vs. global expertise
The national EPI manager of the Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just addressed the COVID-19 Peer Hub Teams from DRC and Ivory Coast, saluting both teams for their effort to prepare and strengthen COVID-19 vaccine introduction. I am honored to have been invited and pleased to see…
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