World Immunisation Week

World Immunisation Week is a global public health campaign to raise awareness and increase rates of immunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases such as tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, measles, mumps among others. This year’s theme is Protected Together, #VaccinesWork’— highlights the need to improve paediatric vaccination rates globally, as the WHO estimates they have been stuck at 86% over the past year. Immunisation saves millions of lives and is widely recognised as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. To discuss this further we are joined on the line by: Dr Paulin Basinga serves as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s country director for Nigeria Niklas Danielsson Senior Immunisation Specialist, UNICEF headquarters, in the Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi, KenyaDr Felicitas Zawaïra is the Director of Family and Reproductive Health at the World Health Organisation’s regional office in Congo Brazzavile