immunization
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World Malaria Day: what frontline health workers are saying about malaria, and why it matters
The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) is pleased to announce ‘Malaria: Turning the Tide’, the first peer learning course by and for health workers. Learn more about the course… Enroll now in English or French. This article is based on experiences shared by health workers during the live event ‘Malaria: Turning the Tide’ on 23 April…
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World Immunization Week: 5 years of visual storytelling by and for the people who make vaccines work
During World Immunization Week, Gifty Akosua Adzigbey, an interpreter for the deaf community in Ghana’s Mankrong health district, shared a photo of her daily work. She had spent the week, as she spent most weeks, moving between vaccination posts and households where parents with hearing disabilities needed a translator, and sometimes needed to be walked…
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En République démocratique du Congo, la traque des enfants « zéro dose » passe par l’intelligence collective des acteurs de la santé
KINSHASA et LUMUMBASHI, le 7 octobre 2025 (La Fondation Apprendre Genève) – « Ces jeunes filles qui ont des grossesses indésirables, quand elles mettent au monde, elles ont tendance à laisser les enfants livrés à eux-mêmes », explique Marguerite Bosita, coordonnatrice d’une organisation non gouvernementale à Kinshasa. « Ce manque d’informations sur les questions liées…
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A global health framework for Artificial Intelligence as co-worker to support networked learning and local action
The theme of International Education Day 2025, “AI and education: Preserving human agency in a world of automation,” invites critical examination of how artificial intelligence might enhance rather than replace human capabilities in learning and leadership. Global health education offers a compelling context for exploring this question, as mounting challenges from climate change to persistent…
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Peer learning in immunization programmes
The path to strengthening immunization systems requires innovative technical assistance approaches to learning and capacity building. A recent correspondence in The Lancet proposes peer learning in immunization programmes as a crucial mechanism for achieving the goals of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), arguing for “an intentional, well coordinated, fit-for-purpose, data-driven, and government-led immunisation peer-learning plan…
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7 take-aways from Nigeria’s first Immunization Collaborative peer learning exercise
On August 6, 2024, the Nigeria Immunization Agenda 2030 Collaborative concluded its first peer learning exercise with a final Assembly. This groundbreaking initiative, a partnership between The Geneva Learning Foundation, Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and UNICEF, has already engaged over 4,400 health workers from all 36 States and more than 300…
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What is norms-shifting in immunization and global health?
The concept of “norms shifting perspective”, in the field of immunization and global health focuses on strategies that aim to alter norms and attitudes towards vaccination to promote uptake and acceptance. This perspective acknowledges the influence that social norms have on individuals decisions regarding vaccination. Aims to utilize this insight to enhance acceptance through well…
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Integrating community-based monitoring (CBM) into a comprehensive learning-to-action model
According to Gavi, “community-based monitoring” or “CBM” is a process where service users collect data on various aspects of health service provision to monitor program implementation, identify gaps, and collaboratively develop solutions with providers. By engaging service users, CBM aims to foster greater accountability and responsiveness to local needs. The Geneva Learning Foundation’s innovative learning-to-action…
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Why health leaders who are critical thinkers choose rote learning for others
Many health leaders are highly analytical, adaptive learners who thrive on solving complex problems in dynamic, real-world contexts. Their expertise is grounded in years of field experience, where they have honed their ability to rapidly generate insights, test ideas, and innovate solutions in collaboration with diverse stakeholders. In January 2021, as countries were beginning to…
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Why lack of continuous learning is the Achilles heel of immunization
Continuous learning is lacking in immunization learning culture, a measure of the capacity for change.. This lack may be an underestimated barrier to the “Big Catch-Up” and reaching zero-dose children This was a key finding presented at Gavi’s Zero-Dose Learning Hub (ZDLH) webinar “Equity in Action: Local Strategies for Reaching Zero-Dose Children and Communities” on…
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